Description
8vo, pp. [viii], 294, [38] + engraved frontispiece. Eighteenth-century French red morocco, boards bordered with a triple gilt rule, flat spine divided by triple gilt rules, large brown morocco label, other compartments with central floral tools, marbled endpapers, edges gilt. A few spots and stains, several paper flaws with old repairs. Just minor marking to binding. Purchase inscription to initial blank (’12 liv…. Paris 1803, Durkin’) along with Parisian bookseller’s ticket of Lebour in the Galeries de Bois,modern bookplate to front pastedown.
