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Lot 338 THE PROPERTY OF A EUROPEAN COLLECTOR
(LOTS 300-385)

D'ALBERT, Charles-Philippe, Duc de Luynes. Mémoires ... sur la cour de Louis XV. Paris: Firmin Didot, 1860-1865. 17 volumes, 8° (230 x 140mm). Half-titles. 20th-century quarter red morocco over marbled paper covered boards, original printed turquoise wrapper bound in (these latter sometimes very lightly soiled).

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D'ALBERT, Charles-Philippe, Duc de Luynes. Mémoires ... sur la cour de Louis XV. Paris: Firmin Didot, 1860-1865. 17 volumes, 8° (230 x 140mm). Half-titles. 20th-century quarter red morocco over marbled paper covered boards, original printed turquoise wrapper bound in (these latter sometimes very lightly soiled).

DE ROUVROY, Louis, Duc de Saint-Simon. The Memoirs ... on the Reign of Louis XIV and the Regency ... second edition. London: Swan Sonnenschein, 1888. 3 volumes, 8° (218 x 142mm). Half-titles. (Occasional light spotting and browning.) Contemporary green half calf, gilt spines (extremities rubbed and lightly soiled, heavier wear to joints and corners). Sold as bindings, not subject to return. (20)