[Rarebooks] FS: A "Superior" Binding by Zaehnsdorf

[Charles Agvent]

CHATEAUBRIAND. OEUVRES DE CHATEAUBRIAND. ATALA - RENÉ - AVENTURES DU 
DERNIER ABENCERAGE. Paris: Alphonse Lemerre, 1879. First Edition. Full 
gilt-decorated red morocco leather by Zaehnsdorf with gilt rules and 
gilt-decorated boards and spine; gilt dentelles and marbled endpapers; 
top edge gilt. Notes by Anatole France. Portrait by Louis Monzès after 
Devéria. In addition to the binding being signed by Zaehnsdorf at the 
bottom of the inside front cover, this copy also bears a small gilt 
medallic mark on the inside rear board, used by the binder "as a quality 
mark on the superior bindings produced by the firm" (Broomhead, Frank: 
THE ZAEHNSDORFS (1842 - 1947). CRAFT BOOKBINDERS, page 73). Front cover 
neatly detached; otherwise, minor wear. Hence, Very Good. (#019849)    
     $150

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