(Lot) – Alexandre DUMAS. Set of 6 works in 11...
(Lot) – Alexandre DUMAS. Set of 6 works in 11 volumes.
- Travel Sketches (Southern France). Brussels, Jamar, 1841.
3 tomes in one in-16 volume, half-basane, smooth spine decorated with double gilt fillets (gilded with gold paste), title label in blue morocco.
[2 ff.], 194 pp.; [2 ff.], 192 pp., [2 ff.], 215 pp.
Split joints, foxing.
- Gaul and France. With an introduction to *Historical Scenes*. Paris, Charles Gosselin, 1842.
In-12, blue half-shagreen, spine with faux raised bands decorated with gold fillets, speckled edges.
[2 ff.], 347 pp. A fine copy.
- D.-L. EIMANN. Histoires cavalières. With a preface by Alexandre Dumas. Paris, Librairie Charpentier, 1854.
In-12, fawn half-basane with a smooth spine. Covers and spine rubbed, corners worn, foxing.
188 pp.
Some of these stories were published in *Le Mousquetaire*, where, according to Dumas, “they were too successful.”
- *Le Château d’Eppstein*. Paris, Michel Lévy, 1860.
2 in-12 volumes, half-percaline with a chagrin grain, speckled edges, minor losses to title labels, foxing.
[2 ff.], 261 pp.; [2 ff.], 243 pp.
- Memoirs of a Physician. Joseph Balsamo. New edition. Paris, Michel Lévy, 1860.
5 in-12 volumes, plum-colored half-basane, smooth, decorated spines, worn. Spines of 2 volumes missing material, caps rubbed, corners scuffed, 3 clasps split.
- Three Masters. Paris, Michel Lévy Frères, 1861.
In-18, half-maroquin, smooth spine decorated with double gilt fillets, spine and corners rubbed, foxing.
[2 ff.], 263 pp., [1 p.].
Michelangelo, Raphael, and Titian. The first two studies are a reprint of the volume Dumas had devoted to them in 1845. The study on Titian had been published in a journal in 1843.
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(Lot) – Alexandre DUMAS. Set of 6 works in 11 volumes.
- Travel Sketches (Southern France). Brussels, Jamar, 1841.
3 tomes in one in-16 volume, half-basane, smooth spine decorated with double gilt fillets (gilded with gold paste), title label in blue morocco.
[2 ff.], 194 pp.; [2 ff.], 192 pp., [2 ff.], 215 pp.
Split joints, foxing.
- Gaul and France. With an introduction to *Historical Scenes*. Paris, Charles Gosselin, 1842.
In-12, blue half-shagreen, spine with faux raised bands decorated with gold fillets, speckled edges.
[2 ff.], 347 pp. A fine copy.
- D.-L. EIMANN. Histoires cavalières. With a preface by Alexandre Dumas. Paris, Librairie Charpentier, 1854.
In-12, fawn half-basane with a smooth spine. Covers and spine rubbed, corners worn, foxing.
188 pp.
Some of these stories were published in *Le Mousquetaire*, where, according to Dumas, “they were too successful.”
- *Le Château d’Eppstein*. Paris, Michel Lévy, 1860.
2 in-12 volumes, half-percaline with a chagrin grain, speckled edges, minor losses to title labels, foxing.
[2 ff.], 261 pp.; [2 ff.], 243 pp.
- Memoirs of a Physician. Joseph Balsamo. New edition. Paris, Michel Lévy, 1860.
5 in-12 volumes, plum-colored half-basane, smooth, decorated spines, worn. Spines of 2 volumes missing material, caps rubbed, corners scuffed, 3 clasps split.
- Three Masters. Paris, Michel Lévy Frères, 1861.
In-18, half-maroquin, smooth spine decorated with double gilt fillets, spine and corners rubbed, foxing.
[2 ff.], 263 pp., [1 p.].
Michelangelo, Raphael, and Titian. The first two studies are a reprint of the volume Dumas had devoted to them in 1845. The study on Titian had been published in a journal in 1843.