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[MOSHER, Thomas Bird (1852–1923)]. –– LANG, Andrew (1844–1912). Ballads & Lyrics of Old France… Portland, Maine: Thomas B. Mosher, 1898. Tall 12mo. Numerous hand–colored decorations in text. Full crushed red levant with single gilt fillet border, paneled with gilt tooled fleuron ornaments within 2 gilt fillet frames, 5 compartments with 4 raised bands, 3 compartments with gilt tooled fleuron ornaments, gilt–lettering in remainder, top edge gilt, crushed blue morocco doublures with a fleuron gilt centerpiece with petals inlaid with red morocco within numerous gilt fillets, gilt stamp–signed by Lucien Broca; burgundy straight–grain morocco slipcase (gilt initialed “B.A.”). Provenance: F.C. Hubbard (bookplate). One of 925 copies on Van Gelder paper published for Mosher’s Old World Series which reprinted “acknowledged masters of literature”.