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LALAUZE. STAAL DE LAUNAY (Marguerite Jeanne Cordier, baronne de).

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LALAUZE. STAAL DE LAUNAY (Marguerite Jeanne Cordier, baronne de).
Mémoires de Madame de Staal-de-Launay. with a preface by Mme la Bonne Double... Paris, Librairie des Bibliophiles, 1890. 2 volumes in 1 vol. in-8, olive-green morocco, 5-ribbed spine, gilt author and title, double gilt fillet on headpieces and spines, morocco spines trimmed with triple gilt fillet, gilt head, untrimmed, covers and spine preserved [Bellevallée] (spine faded).
Edition illustrated with 41 etchings by Adolphe Lalauze, including a portrait of Baroness de Staal de Launay on the frontispiece of volume 1, 8 plates, 8 head vignettes, and 24 in-text illustrations.
Large paper edition limited to 185 copies: one of 20 copies on China paper (n°34, 2nd paper after 20 japon), containing the engravings in 2 states, one of which on China paper before the letter.
Beautiful binding in jansenist morocco with full margins, signed by Bellevallée.