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Rome Naples et Florence en 1817 Rome Naples and Florence in 1817
1817ref. 88398Paris Paris: DelaunayPelicier 1817. Fine. Delaunay Pelicier Paris Paris 1817 13 x 20 cm Relié Rare first edition as referenced by Clouzot see Guide du bibliophile français XIXe siècle p. 256. A few insignificant spots of foxing a small black ink stain at the bottom of pages 354355. Complete with the errata leaf at the end of the volume. Caramel half calf binding spine with five raised bands ruled with gilt dotted lines and decorated with gilt and black tools gilt fillets at head and foot of spine. Minor rubbing to the spine. Brown morocco title label. Marbled paper-covered boards framed with blind-stamped vertical rolls endpapers and pastedowns in cats-eye paper all edges gilt. Roman booksellers label at the top of a pastedown. Period-style binding signed in blind by Durvand. Rare and important work cf. Carteret notable for being the first to bear Stendhals pseudonym on the title page. DelaunayPelicier hardcover
