May 09, 2013 - Sale 2313

Sale 2313 - Lot 256

Price Realized: $ 330
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750
MIDOLLE, JEAN. [Oeuvres.] 3 parts in one volume, comprising 121 uncolored lithographed plates as detailed below, without general title. Oblong folio bound along top edge, 280x391 mm, contemporary 1/4 red morocco, rebacked retaining original backstrip elegantly gilt-tooled in romantic style, endpapers renewed; varying toning and foxing throughout. Berlin 5164, 5165, 5167; Bonacini 1186, 1181, 1182. Strasbourg: Émile Simon fils, 1834-36
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