Sep 6, 2021
Luxury Bookbinding of the Belle Époque, 1879 Front doublure Binding by: Victor Champs (French; 1844–1912) The New York Public Library, Spencer Collection
Title: Physiologie du goût de Brillat-Savarin (Paris: Jouaust, 1879) Half dark green crushed levant morocco; back lettered in gilt; with marbled end papers and rough edges; gilt top
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