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EXTRA ILLUSTRATEDRECOLLECTIONS OF MIRABEAU, AND OF THE TWO FIRST LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLIES OF FRANCE. [Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau.]
Published by Philadelphia [PA]: Carey & Lea [Henry Carey and Isaac Lea], 1833.
Dumont Etienne
1st American Edition the first English was 1832.
(Pierre Etienne Louis Dumont - Stephen Dumont, 1759-1829). [Honore Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau, 1749-1791.]
399 pages 27 extra illustrated plates
Bound in Full Red Morocco Bound by "Taffin" signed by the binder in the lower inside front board,
Bookbinder Taffin-Lefort amongst others "Trautz-Bauzonnet, Lortic, Chambolle-Duru, and Gruel" were some of the best bookbinders in the 18th and 19th centuries to imitate earlier styles of bindings.In the 19th century, the demand of antiquarian book collectors for retrospective bindings was so great that there was a concerted effort on the part of bookbinders to copy earlier styles. Many of these binders produced outstanding designs of earlier years, ofttimes surpassing… Read More