J. Mallet & Cie|Paris 1842|16 x 24 cm|2 volumes reliés
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Illustrated edition with 300 wood-engraved vignettes in the text, first printing, by Nanteuil, Baron, Français... Half long-grain dark brown morocco with corners, spine with four raised bands richly decorated with gilt and blind romantic ornamental motifs, light rubbing of no significance to top headcaps, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, gilt edges, light rubbing to corners, elegant unsigned romantic pastiche binding. Some minor foxing of little significance. Engraved bookplates of an Armenian bibliophile mounted facing the pastedowns. Handsome copy handsomely bound in a superb romantic pastiche binding.