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£40 - £60

3 Antique French Poetry Volumes inc: Choix de Poésies (Paul Verlaine - rare Issue with Portrait), 1896, Les Musardises (Edmond Rostand) 1911 & La chute d'un ange (A de la Lamartine) 1910. All part leather.
Choix de Poésies published by Bibliothèque-Charpentier , Les Musardises published by Charpentier & Fasquelle and La chute d'un ange published by Librarie Hachette et co. All have very light edge and corner wear. First and second are in excellent condition throughout, clean and tight. La Chute d'un ange has damage to the top of the spine and the title label has detached (contained in book) with some loss. Spine seam split top and base but all firmly attached.

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Choix de Poésies published by Bibliothèque-Charpentier , Les Musardises published by Charpentier & Fasquelle and La chute d'un ange published by Librarie Hachette et co. All have very light edge and corner wear. First and second are in excellent condition throughout, clean and tight. La Chute d'un ange has damage to the top of the spine and the title label has detached (contained in book) with some loss. Spine seam split top and base but all firmly attached. Provenance: This lot was amongst a collection from the house of a wealthy French family who lived in the 16th arrondissment of Paris, known for ornate buildings and wide boulevards and a favourite of Parisian high society. The gentleman who purchased them was born in 1877 and spent the war years in the same house, having sent his wife children to stay in the Pyrenees to avoid the Nazi occupation of Paris.  He was unable to get out in time but was fortunate enough to be able to sit out the occupation, keeping these and all other books in the collection safe from the Nazis.