Les Contes des Fees & John Bull, ou Londresiana - Two Volumes in One, Fine Binding by Atkinsons of Salisbury by Madame D***; C.D - 0

Paris: Chez Tiger, Imprimeur-Libraire. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 5 1/2" X 3 3/4. Two volumes/titles bound together in a half green calf binding with marbled boards and double blind ruling finish to both boards. Five raised bands to the spine, gilt lettering & decoration and blind ruling to each band. Bound by Atkinsons of Salisbury with their ticket pasted to rear board, in excellent condition. Pages generally in good condition, with a touch of browning and minor foxing to sporadic pages throughout the book and contemporary name in ink of Beck? on both title pages. *Les Contes des Fees, par Madame D*** (Marie Catherine, Jumele de Berneville, Comptesse de Aulnoy). Contenant: L'Oisean bleu, La Belle aux cheveux d'or, La Definition du Jeu, Le Cabaretier ruse, La Reve d'un Gascon, La Souris experimentee. Nouvelle Edition. C1820. With engraved frontis. Light marks to title page, pages 83-86 loose but all present and slight loss to page 107/108, affecting last line as seen in photos. Printed on laid paper, perhaps not the most expensive printing of the time, however both volumes in remarkably clean condition for their age and age group they are aimed at. 108pp. *John Bull, ou Londresiana, Recueil d'originalites et de singularites anglaises, avec les anecdotes, bons mots, plaisanteries, sarcasmes, et railieres particulieres a ce peuple?, par C. D.. Small hole to page v/vii of Preface otherwise in very good condition. vi, 7-108pp. 'A wry and extremely rare look at English life, humour, customs and language from a French perspective'. Both rare titles bound together in a very smart binding.