Paris: Marchant, 1842. Hardcover. Good. steel engraved plates [40 as listed] byMulready, Mulready,Chalon, Faulkner,Kneller etc. Sm.4to Green blindstamped cloth spine gilt [edges rubbed,sl.marked /lower hinge with 2" split] All Edges Gilt text paper uniformly tanned. Plates on thicker paler paper but some plates have narrow edge browning and a few have pale foxing but not near to any of the images. These plates are each illustrations for characters in literature and the text accompanying each plate by authors. The verso of the half title and the title [on the recto only] have a damp tide mark. A nice gift inscription dated 1873 to a Sub-Lt. in the llth Chasseur regiment given to him by a fellow officer.Text in French

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Bookseller: Abbey Antiquarian Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: A75469
Title: GALERIE DES FEMMES Quarante portraits graves sur acier accompagn�s chacun d'un portrait litt�raire
Illustrator: steel engraved plates [40 as listed] byMulready, Mulready,Chalon, Faulkner,Kneller etc
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Marchant
Place of Publication: Paris
Date Published: 1842
Keywords: Female Literary characters from English Books
Bookseller catalogs: General Non-Fiction;

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Hinge: The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
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