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Book Condition: Used
Seller: David Brass Rare Books, Inc.

United States
About Item: Paris: Delpech, 1826. Grisettes Fifty Superb Hand Colored Lithographs [SCHEFFER, Jean-Gabriel]. J.S -. Recueil de Cinquante Scènes de Grisettes. Paris: Delpech, [1826]. First edition. Folio (13 x 9 1/2 inches; 330 x 241 mm.). Vignette lithograph title-page and fifty hand-colored lithographs. Contemporary quarter black diced paper over marbled boards, spine expertly restored. Front cover with bat-shaped paper label lettered in manuscript "Cinquante Scènes De Grisettes". Some minor spotting and staining throughout but still an excellent example of this notoriously rare book. Housed in a fleece-lined quarter black morocco clamshell case, spine with five raised bands decoratively tooled and lettered in gilt in compartments. Exceptionally rare with no copies appearing at auction over the past one hundred years. OCLC/KVK locate just three examples (all complete with 50 color plates) in libraries and institutions worldwide: Morgan Library & Museum (NY, US); Harry Ransom Library, University of Texas,… Read More
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