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A red and gold publisher's binding.

Bound in decorated paper.

The Petite galerie d’histoire naturelle consists of four volumes, each with an embossed and illustrated cover, on the subjects of birds, butterflies, flowers, and fruits: all features found in a cultivated garden. These little books provide the…

Flore des dames et des demoiselles consists of six matching volumes with green embossed bindings; the original box is pale blue with gilt edges. Small pastel volumes, sweetly illustrated, share a box, as if they were pieces of candy. The topics of…

Brown calf on pasteboard, tooled in gold and in blind, with painted black details. The book was originally sewn on five single bands, and the pastedowns and endpapers are speckled red. The binding is decorated with interlace (entrelac) pattern, as…

A French almanac, covered in gold foil and painted silk.

Polished calf binding by Meslant, with crown, monogram and lettering "donne par le Prince Royal" on covers. Meslant frequently worked for members of the Orléans family.

A goatskin binding by Emile Rousselle.