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Description:
Marguerite de Navarre (1492-1549) L'Heptameron des Nouvelles. Paris: Auguste Eudes, 1880. Eight octavo volumes, limited edition, copy number 345, with the plates in three states: in black on Japon paper, and in red and bistre on Van Gelder paper watermarked with the arms of Marguerite of Navarre, bound in uniform contemporary full textured tan morocco signed by Birdsall & Son of Northampton, spines and boards tooled in gilt, t.e.g., spines darkened, generally sound, some rubbing, chipped head cap, 8 3/4 x 5 1/2 in. (8)
Estimate $400-600
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Marguerite de Navarre, Auguste Eudes, ParisJohn Dorfman
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