Mes souvenirs d'orient - Egypte - Syrie - Palestine
Henri Lecesne|Châteaudun 1882|16.50 x 25.50 cm|relié
€300
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First edition printed in a small number of copies on laid Holland paper. Bradel binding in full marbled paper, smooth spine decorated with a title label as well as labels reproducing the ex-libris of the previous owner of the work, bookplate pasted on a pastedown, original wrappers preserved, top edge speckled. Autograph inscription signed by the Count de Lévis-Mirepoix to Count de Falloux: "... avec mon plus fidèle et affectueux souvenir..." Provenance: from the library of Bourg d'Iré, property of Count de Falloux with reproductions of his ex-libris pasted on the spine of the binding and his bookplate pasted on a pastedown. Rare and handsome copy.