Christie’s roundel
Lot 142

LA ROCHEFOUCAULD, Francois, duc de (1613-1680). Maximes et réflexions morales. Paris: Didot l’ainé. 1796. 12º (130 x 71mm). Half-title. Engraved portrait by Gaucher after Petitot. (Some waterstaining, worse at the beginning.) Contemporary red straight-grained morocco gilt by Bozerian jeune, gilt turn-ins, gilt edges (joints rubbed). Provenance: Napoleon I (1769-1821; cypher on title) – Dorothy Mills (signature in blue biro on half-title).

Closed17 June 2014

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LA ROCHEFOUCAULD, Francois, duc de (1613-1680). Maximes et réflexions morales. Paris: Didot l’ainé. 1796. 12º (130 x 71mm). Half-title. Engraved portrait by Gaucher after Petitot. (Some waterstaining, worse at the beginning.) Contemporary red straight-grained morocco gilt by Bozerian jeune, gilt turn-ins, gilt edges (joints rubbed). Provenance: Napoleon I (1769-1821; cypher on title) – Dorothy Mills (signature in blue biro on half-title).

NAPOLEON I'S COPY, in red morocco by Bozerian. Cohen de Ricci 601 ('ce joli volume se joint à la collection Bleuet').