DINET, Etienne. DEVIC, M. (trans.)., Antar. An Arabic heroic poem.

Paris, H. Piazza, 1898. Folio, 125 pp., partly in the original format, plates and illustrations, text in borders, and a supplementary volume. Contemporary brick-red half-maroquin with corner pieces, ribbed spine highlighted with blind-stamped fillets bearing a gilt title and date, oriental mosaic decoration in green and red maroquin with gilt-edged panels, gilt fillet on the covers, gilt head, cover and spine preserved, companion volume bound in brick-red half-maroquin with corners, the whole in a marbled slipcase with brick-red maroquin bias binding [Canape] (a few foxing spots in a line along the spine, a few slight discolourations on the text volume and a similar number of very small foxing spots scattered throughout).

Estimate:£417.94

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