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Set of 75 bound books from the 18th and 19th centuries...

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Set of 75 bound books from the 18th and 19th centuries and 3 from the 20th century, including : 1/ - Œuvres de Florian - Paris, P. Didot l'ainé, 1792. Complete with 14 volumes in-16 bound in full tan calf with boards decorated with a triple gilt fillet, decorated smooth spines, title and appendices (red). 2/ - Rousseau, J.-J. - The New Heloise. Paris, Crapart, Caille et Ravier, 1802. 7 volumes in-12 in full red morocco, the boards decorated with a floral frame, decorated smooth spines, green title and tomaison, gilt edges. Illustrated with a frontispiece. 3/ - A set of 6 almanacs : a) - Almanach des dames pour l'an XII, 1804. Tubinguen, Cotta. In-16 bound in full red morocco with ornate smooth spine, gilt framed boards, gilt edges. Engraved title, 6 plates h-t and 2 folding plates of notated music. Central stain. b) - Le souvenir des ménestrels. Paris, Mme Benoist, Dentu et Delaunay, 1816. In-16 bound in full red morocco with smooth spine, gilt framed boards, gilt edges. Illustrated with 11 engraved plates (1 plate with ink stains, some foxing. c) - Etrennes lyriques présentées à Madame. Year 1792. Paris, L'auteur, 1792. In-16 bound in full burgundy morocco with ornate smooth spine (title piece missing), covers with triple framing of gilt fillets. Engraved frontispiece. d) - Almanach des dames pour 1827. Paris, Freuttel et Wurtz - Tuebingue[n], Cotta, 1827. In-16 publisher's pink cardboard in a gilt-titled slipcase. Engraved title and 8 plates h-t (4 portraits, 3 views, 1 decorative plate). Some foxing. e) - Le Ménestrel Français. Lyrical almanac dedicated to the ladies. Paris, L. Janet. In-16, cardboard covered with old pink silk, framing braid and black cut-out pasted on the first plate (woman holding a floral arch). Illustrated with 10 engravings in-t. f) - Charles Malo. - La volière des dames. Paris, Janet, s.d. In-16, embossed calf (head cap shaved, spines cracked). Illustrated with 12 plates of birds in colour (including the title browned at the cut corners).