1852 · Paris
by Lenegre, Antoine, binder
Paris: Au Bureau des Galeries Historiques, 1852. Lenegre, Antoine (1819?-1867), presumed binder] Versailles: Palais, musée, jardin. Unpaginated. 47 plates, 2 folding maps; text illustrations. Paris: Au Bureau des Galeries Historiques . . . , n.d. [1852]. 269 x 174 mm. Original publisher's binding of black cloth with colored paper onlays, gilt-stamped with elaborate architectural / heraldic motifs, all edges gilt, small splits in front hinge. Very good to fine. Bookseller's ticket on front pastedown. First Edition. The binding is unsigned but strongly resembles edition bindings by Lenegre. .
(Inventory #: 51932)