De Lamartine, A. — RaphaëL Pages de la Vingtième Année
Paris, Maison Quantin, 1880. Very finely bound by Gruel (signed inside front cover at base) with doublures and red silk paste-downs, silk endpapers in full crushed leather, gilt ruling on covers, five raised bands, T.e.g. gilt tooling and ruling in compartments and on band, gilt title. 6.5" x 9.5" x 1.5" thick. Original covers and paper spine bound-in. 292 pages, 10 unnumbered leaves of engravings by Champollion after works by Sandoz, each with tissue guard. Exquisitely bound. Statement "cette édition publiée par les soins de la société proprietaire de oeuvres de la Martine" opposite title-page, which bears no date. A l;ovely book in a luxurious binding. VG, minor scuffing onoy .