Alexandre DUMAS
Joseph Balsamo
Dufour, Mulat et Boulanger|Paris 1857|16.70 x 26.70 cm|2 volumes reliés
First illustrated edition with 64 plates by Philippoteaux. Clouzot erroneously announces 1863 for this first illustrated edition by Dufour, Mulat and Boulanger, confusing it with the edition published by Legrand and Boulanger. Placement sheet for the engravings at the end of volume 2.
Contemporary half black shagreen binding. Spine with false raised bands decorated with blind-tooled compartments and gilt fillets. Gilt title and volume number. Traces of rubbing. A tear at the foot of volume 1. Lower corners bumped. Scattered foxing. Lower edges rubbed.
Novel inspired by the life of Count Cagliostro, whose goal, at the head of a secret organization, is to overthrow the French monarch
Contemporary half black shagreen binding. Spine with false raised bands decorated with blind-tooled compartments and gilt fillets. Gilt title and volume number. Traces of rubbing. A tear at the foot of volume 1. Lower corners bumped. Scattered foxing. Lower edges rubbed.
Novel inspired by the life of Count Cagliostro, whose goal, at the head of a secret organization, is to overthrow the French monarch
€700