Louis-Philippe-Albert d' ORLÉANS

First edition, published in seven text volumes between 1874 and 1890, the first four by Michel Lévy frères and the final three by Calmann-Lévy, successor to the house of Michel Lévy. One of the very rare copies printed on Holland laid paper, an unrecorded large-paper issue not mentioned in the justification and apparently absent from the bibliographies consulted. Cf. Vicaire VI, 397-398; F. Monaghan, p. 74, no. 1157.

 

The seven text volumes are in the original wrappers, entirely untrimmed with deckle edges preserved. Small marginal tears and occasional losses to some spines and wrappers.

Rare first edition.
Three tiny lacks at head and foot of spine, occasional light foxing.
Autograph inscription by the author on the front cover.

First edition.
Plain paper cover. Rare.

First edition for the first text, second edition for the second.
Half sheep binding in fir green, smooth spine decorated with gilt friezes and fillets and blind fillets, contemporary binding signed by the Compagnons relieurs de Moulins.
Two press clippings bound at the beginning and end of the second volume, some minor foxing without gravity.

First edition.
Plain paper cover. Rare.