LOT: Librairie des Bibliophiles. AFFOLTER BINDINGS.

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-ROUSSEAU (Jean-Jacques). *La Nouvelle Héloïse*. Paris, Librairie des Bibliophiles, 1889. 6 volumes, small 12mo. Half-havana morocco with modern corners, smooth spine decorated lengthwise with a geometric pattern, title, author and volume number gilded, date stamped at the bottom, gilded fillet on the covers, gilded head, cover and spine preserved [P. Affolter] (spine very slightly faded). Illustrated with a frontispiece after Latour, 6 plates by Edmond Hédouin engraved by himself and Toussaint, and 12 compositions by Lalauze in the text. Printed in a small number, this copy on unlined laid paper.

-LOUVET DE COUVRAY (Jean-Baptiste). APRIL. The Loves of the Chevalier de Faublas. Paris, Librairie des Bibliophiles (Petite Bibliothèque Artistique), 1884. 5 volumes, small 12mo. Old-pink half-maroquin with corners, smooth spine decorated with a pair of birds in a central fleur-de-lis, title, volume number and date gilded, gilded fillet on the covers, gilded head, untrimmed, cover and spine preserved [P. Affolter] (spine slightly darkened, small tear on one corner of the headband, slight foxing on a few pages of vol. 4). Illustrated edition with 16 etched plates, including a frontispiece, by Monziès, after drawings by Paul Avril. Preface by Hippolyte Fournier.