Philippe-François-Nazaire FABRE D'ÉGLANTINE
Chants et chansons populaires de la France - Chansons populaires des Provinces de France[Popular Songs of France – Folk Songs from the Provinces of France]
H.L. Delloye • Lécrivain et Toubon|Paris 1843-1860|17.5 x 27.5 cm|4 volumes reliés
For the first three volumes, first edition, complete with all 84 parts published between February 1842 and October 1843 of this "admirable publication printed on thick vellum paper [...] one of the finest of the 19th century, justly esteemed and comparable to the beautifully illustrated books of the 18th century" (Carteret), (see Carteret III, 143–153; Vicaire II, 234–248).
The first three volumes are bound in full violet morocco, spines with five raised bands bordered with gilt pointillé tooling, compartments richly gilt with double gilt frames, gilt rolls on caps, covers framed with quintuple gilt fillets, gilt monogram MG at the corners, comb-marbled endpapers and pasted
€3,500