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ENFANTINA. - BRÈS (Jean-Pierre). Thursdays in...

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ENFANTINA. - BRÈS (Jean-Pierre). Thursdays in my aunt's castle. Paris, Le Fuel, s.d. 8 vols. In-12, white paper boards, enhanced lithographs on first boards, all in a romantic two-compartment box, richly decorated with a gold embossed border and a colored lithograph. First edition of this collection dedicated to young girls' games. Each volume is illustrated with a lithograph on the cover and one hors texte depicting play scenes, both colored. Rare, fresh, romantic hardcovers, preserved in their original box. Some foxing on text leaves. Box soiled with minor tears. Joints 4 vol. in-12, gilt embossed boards, and including 3 with lithographed vignette in color on the first cover: - Bernard et Armand ou Les Ouvriers chrétiens. Tours, Mame, 1854. Children's scene. Frontispiece. - LE GRIS-DUVAL. Mentor chrétien ou le catéchisme selon Fénelon. Lille, Lefort, 1854. Napoleon. Frontispiece. - Les Militaires chrétiens à la guerre d'Orient. Versailles, Beau, n.d. - Life of St. Vincent de Paul. Tours, Mame, n.d. Portrait of St Vincent de Paul.