Fine Books and Manuscripts

[Fine Bindings] Twelve 19th Century Works, finely bound. Late 19th century. Titles include Les Masques et les Visages a Florence et au Louvre by Robert de la Sizeranne (Librairie Hachette, n.d.; half blue-green crush morocco, gilt frame compartments; illustrated with plates); The Victorian Age of English Literature in 2-vols. by Mrs. Oliphant (Lovell, Corvell, and Co., [1892]; half olive green morocco bound by W. Launder, t.e.g); Essays of Montaigne in 3-vols. edited by William Carew Hazlitt (Reeves and Turner, 1877; half maroon morocco; raised bands with gilt centerpieces; frontispiece in each vol.); The Private Life of Napoleon in 2-vols. by Arthur Levy (Richard Bentley, 1894; half plum morocco; raised bands with gilt rolls, elaborate gilt centerpieces, t.e.g., frontispieces); and The Works of Lawrence Sterne in 4-vols. (Bickers and Son, 1873; half olive morocco bound by Riviere and Son, raised bands, gilt fleuron centerpieces, t.e.g., frontispiece in vol. 1; rear board present but detached in vol. IV ). 8vos. Very good examples of 19th century binding.