Fine Books & Manuscripts, including Americana
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Lot 423
[FORE?EDGE PAINTING]. RUSTAING DE SAINT?JORY, Louis. Les fe...
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[FORE?EDGE PAINTING]. RUSTAING DE SAINT?JORY, Louis. Les femmes militaires; relation historique d?une isle nouvellement decouverte? Paris: Didot, 1750. 8vo (159 x 95 mm). 18th century French mottled calf, spine in 6 compartments with 5 raised bands, red morocco lettering?piece gilt, gilt floral centerpieces in remainder, all edges stained red, concealing a DOUBLE FORE?EDGE PAINTING of French military scenes (joints rubbed with a bit of separation to front joint). Provenance: Zola E. Harvey (gilt leather bookplate); Jean Gigodat (bookplate with French military designs); Gladys McKenney Molony presented to the Saint?Mary?of?the?Woods College Library (inscription dated 3 August 1982); sold at the Robert Brown Auction in 2007 at the Saint?Mary?of?the?Woods College Library sale.
