Author: CHEVIGNÉ, Louis de. (Meissonier, E.)
Title: Les contes rémois. Par M. Le Cte Louis de Chevigné. Dessins de E. Meissonier. Cinquième édition.
Description: Paris: Michel Lévy frères, 1861. 323p. Frontispiece of Chévigné by Foulquier captioned "Ils riront tous en lisant ses péchés"; portrait of Lavelette by Riester, engraved by Buland; half-page vignettes at the beginning of each conte. Half red morocco, marbled boards (worn at joints and corners); marbled endpapers; top edge gilt. Edges of half-title and title a little soiled - otherwise the contents in very good condition. Binder's stamp on verso of front free endpaper "Maclehose Glasgow".

Keywords: French, poetry, poésie, folk tales, book illustration, engravings


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