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• Auction House:
  Davidson Auctions
• Sale Name:
  Estate & Collector
• Sale Date:
  02 Aug 2014 ~ 10am: Part 1 - Various Collections - Lots 1 - 522
  02 Aug 2014 ~ 2.30pm: Part 2 - The David Spode Collection - Lots 601 - 1326
• Lot #:
  1039
• Lot Description:
  Books - French Illustrated Works (4)
  RABELAIS, Oeuvres de Francois Rabelais, contenant la vie de Gargantua et celle de Pantagruel. ...Notice Historique ...par P.L.Jacob ...illustrations par Gustave Dore, Paris, J.Bry Ain�, 1854, Frontis. & 15 wood-engraved plates, num. wood-eng. illus. throughout text, (2),339,(1)pp., original colour- & gold-printed wrappers bound in, sm. 4to., near-contemporary 1/2 red morocco & marbled boards, elaborately gilt spine.Top 5 cm. of back board sun-faded; [PHYSIOLOGIE series - four titles bound together] Authors are 'Un Vilain Masque', Albert Cler, Maurice Alhoy, Frederic Soulie, 1. Physiologie de l'Opera, du Carnaval, du Cancan, et de la Cachuca. Dessins de Henri Emy. 1842. 2. Physiologie du Musicien. Vignettes de Daumier, Gavarni, [&c.] 3. Physiologie du Voyageur. Vignettes de Daumier et Janet-Lange. 4. Physiologie de Bas-Bleu. Vignettes de Jules Vernier, Paris, Raymond-Bocquet, Aubert et Cie. All but the first undated, but c.1840's, Numerous wood-engraved illustrations throughout, 1
• Estimate:
  A$400 - 550
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Books & Manuscripts

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