OEUVRES DE CHATEAUBRIAND. ATALA - RENÉ - AVENTURES DU DERNIER ABENCERAGE
Paris: Alphonse Lemerre, 1879. First Edition. Hardcover. Full gilt-decorated red morocco leather by Zaehnsdorf with gilt rules and gilt-decorated boards and spine; gilt dentelles and marbled endpapers; top edge gilt. Notes by Anatole France. Portrait by Louis Monzès after Devéria. In addition to the binding being signed by Zaehnsdorf at the bottom of the inside front cover, this copy also bears a small gilt medallic mark on the inside rear board, used by the binder "as a quality mark on the superior bindings produced by the firm" (Broomhead, Frank: THE ZAEHNSDORFS (1842 - 1947). CRAFT BOOKBINDERS, page 73). Front cover neatly detached; otherwise, minor wear. Hence, Very Good. Item #019849
Price: $150.00