A fine French binding by Michel Ritter from the library of Cortland F, Bishop
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Vadé, J[ean]-J[oseph]. Lettres de la Grenouillère suivies de Quatre bouquets poissards. Paris: Édition dédiée aux amis des livres: 1885. Number 2 of 3 copies printed on vellum, the Cortland F. Bishop copy. In full crushed brown levant morocco by Michel Ritter, gilt rules and ornaments, red leather onlays, red leather spine label, top edge gilt, gilt dentelles and marbled endpapers, silk ribbon. 6 3/8 x 3 5/8 inches (16.25 x 9 cm); xvii, [3], 116, [6] pp., half title, etched frontispiece by Guillaumot fils, with an additional frontispiece printed on silk. Light wear to spine and edges, with a small spot of rubbing at the head of the joints, both of which are starting, front hinge cracked but sound, contents clean and bright, bookplate of Cortland F. Bishop.
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[FINE BINDING]
Vadé, J[ean]-J[oseph]. Lettres de la Grenouillère suivies de Quatre bouquets poissards. Paris: Édition dédiée aux amis des livres: 1885. Number 2 of 3 copies printed on vellum, the Cortland F. Bishop copy. In full crushed brown levant morocco by Michel Ritter, gilt rules and ornaments, red leather onlays, red leather spine label, top edge gilt, gilt dentelles and marbled endpapers, silk ribbon. 6 3/8 x 3 5/8 inches (16.25 x 9 cm); xvii, [3], 116, [6] pp., half title, etched frontispiece by Guillaumot fils, with an additional frontispiece printed on silk. Light wear to spine and edges, with a small spot of rubbing at the head of the joints, both of which are starting, front hinge cracked but sound, contents clean and bright, bookplate of Cortland F. Bishop.
Condition Report: No condition report? Click below to request one. *Any condition statement is given as a courtesy to a client, is an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact and Doyle New York shall have no responsibility for any error or omission. Please contact the specialist department to request further information or additional images that may be available.Request a condition report
