Hardcover. Condizione: Good. xxxvi, 376 pages : portraits ; 23 cm Hardcover. Publisher's red cloth with gold lettering and armorial seal. Old split to spine edge (but reglued). Clean, unmarked pages. Ships daily.
Editore: Folio
Da: Chapter Two Books, Ammanford, Regno Unito
EUR 15,49
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Aggiungi al carrelloHardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Photograph available on request.
Leather Binding. Condizione: Near Fine. No Jacket. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Near fine (hints of fading & wear). 8vo ca. 275/vol+pl Edited with notes by Sir Walter Scott. With 12 etchings by L. Boisson after original designs by C. Delort. Memoir of the notorious French gambler, libertine and attendee a t the court of Louis XIV (1621-1707), written by his brother-in-law (partly from dictation by Gramont himself); originally published in France in 1713 . Attractively bound in contemporary 3/4 green morocco over cloth, top edge gilt., marbled endpapers, spines elaborately triple-ruled in gilt with geometric designs. The binding has an appropriately Anglo-French flavor, and is a pleasing and appropriate presence.12 Etchings.