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Bibliothèque choisie pour les dames / rédigée par Madame Dufrenoy.

Accession number
PML 196114
Published
Paris : Aimé Payen, 1822.
Description
36 v. : ill. (engraving) ; 14 cm (in case 40 x 33 cm)
Notes
Three series of 12 v. each.
Each volume contains an engraved frontispiece plate and added engraved t.p., the latter identifying Aimé Payen as the publisher.
Both engraved and letterpress t.p.'s give the title of the set and the series and volume nu
Binding
Set uniformly bound in purple sheepskin blocked in blind; housed in a red morocco traveling case tooled in gilt and blind, with the spine title "Bouquet de fête", super exlibris "Célina" in gilt on front cover, date of "1832" on back cover, and presenta
Provenance
Presention inscription on case from Charles Dutilloeul (i.e. the Belgian military engineer Jean-Charles Dutilloeul) to "Célina" (i.e. Céline-Marie-Antoine-Théophile Doublet), whom Dutilloeul married Dec. 10th, 1832; bookplates of Paul Auguste Cyrille b
Classification
Century
Department