Auction No 401, Tag: Bindings

2 Lots (displaying 1 - 2)

Madame Guyon "A Short and Easy Method of Prayer", H.R. Allenson, [c.1906], small octavo, privately bound in carved wooden boards, satin backstrip.

Lot: 105

  • Auction Date: Wed 2nd Jun 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
SOLD £22
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Madame Guyon A Short and Easy Method of Prayer, H.R. Allenson, [c.1906], small octavo, privately bound in carved wooden boards, satin backstrip. A fine & unusual binding. Ownership inscription to front endpaper dated 1906

Jean de la Fontaine "Fables de La Fontaine", Alfred Mame, Tours, 1875; quarto, handsome three-quarter leather binding,

Lot: 107

  • Auction Date: Wed 2nd Jun 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £28
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Jean de la Fontaine Fables de La Fontaine, Alfred Mame, Tours, 1875; quarto, handsome three-quarter leather binding, the spine with raised bands, each compartment with foliate gilt & red inlay, slight wear; engraved frontispiece portrait and 50 additional engravings by Foulquier laid down in the text. Some occasional minor spotting to text margins. Small ownership inscription to first free endpaper