Bibliotheque de la Reine Marie-Antoinette au Chateau des Tuileries

by QUENTIN-BAUCHARD, Ernest

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Paris: Damascene Morgan, 1884. First and only edition. One of 25 copies on special paper. [4], xxi, [1] 11, [1], 181, [1], [2, table]. pp. Contemporary full dark green morocco, covers with triple gilt-ruled borders, gilt-paneled spine compartments, gilt spine lettering, gilt board edges and turn-ins, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Original printed wrappers bound in. bit of rubbing along joints but an attractive ans sound copy. SlipcaseFrom the library of J.P. Morgan with his distinctive morocco gilt bookplate on front pastedown and his call letters in gilt on the inner upper corner. Listing the books that where transferred to the Bibliothque Nationale after the Queen's execution in 1793.

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