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Discours de cloture des travaux du congrès de l'Institut Historique prononcé le 11 octobre 1840 par le Baron Taylor
184023240Paris: Firmin Didot Frères 1840. First edition thin 8vo pp. 4 88; handsomely bound in full black morocco stamped in gilt by the French binder Hippolite Duru with a central crown and monogram indecipherable to this cataloguer surrounded by a restrained romantic style border on covers the spine in six compartments with raised bands titled in gilt in one and richly decorated in gilt in the others t.e.g; a little wear to extremities with lower front forecorner revealed 1/4-inch scrape on front cover repaired and the front joint cracking but still firm; front and back matter a little foxed only minor spots of foxing scattered throughout the rest of the text; an attractive copy overall with the armorial bookplate of William Standish Standish High Sheriff of Lancashire in 1846 mounted to the front pastedown. Duru has signed the binding with a small stamp on the front flyleaf verso: "H. Duru." Baron Taylor 1789-1879 a French writer book collector translator traveler and royal administrator of the Thé‚tre Français "is best known for his Voyages pittoresques et romantiques de l'ancienne France 1820-63" Webster's New Biographical Dictionary p. 974. This title not located in OCLC or NUC. <br/><br/> Firmin Didot Frères hardcover books
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