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Les Chats
Champfleury
1870
J. Rothschild : Paris
8.5" by 6"
[7], vi-xiv, [3], 4-332pp
SUMMARY
A lovely edition du luxe of this unique and charming work by Champfleury, a series of illustrated essays on cats.
Colour Plates,Illustrated
Overall Condition: Very Good
This book weighs 1 KG when packed
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DESCRIPTION
The fifth edition of this work, an impressive edition du luxe.
In the original French.
An entertaining series of essays on cats, highlighted with portrayals of cats by prominent artists of the age.
Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, one double-paged colour plate, one colour plate, five monochrome plates, and in-text engravings.
Collated, complete.
By Champfleury, a prominent figure in the Realist movement.
From the library of Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie, from her library at Julians Park, Hertfordshire. After being widowed at 25, Audrey married the fabulously wealthy American department store heir, Marshall Field III, later divorcing him and marrying the Honorable Peter Pleydell-Bouverie. In 1940 she bought Julians Park and redesigned the interior. Her library was impressive, with many examples of her own bookbinding.
Audrey was an extravagant socialite and renowned beauty, the illegitimate granddaughter of King Edward VII (though she was also rumoured to be his daughter, or the lover of King Edward VIII), featured in the 'Book of Beauty' by Cecil Beaton. She had many high profile friends, such as Winston Churchill, Coco Chanel, Fred Astaire, and Nancy Mitford, a sparkling hostess of the Edwardian period, her hedonistic antics bringing her into the Bright Young Things.
Bookplate of Percy L. Babington to the front paste down.
CONDITION
In a full cloth binding. Externally, smart, with light marks to the boards. A little rubbing to the spine and extremities. Bookplate to the front paste down. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean with some odd spots, mostly to the first and last few pages.
Overall Condition: Very Good
GLOSSARY OF TERMS
Overall Condition
Fine - Very well preserved copy showing very little wear
Very Good Indeed - Only one or two minor faults, really a very attractive copy
Very Good - Quite a wide term meaning no major faults but probably several smaller ones
often expected given the age of the book, but still a respectable copy
Good - Meaning not very good. Some more serious faults as will
be described in the condition report under 'condition'
Good Only - Meaning one or more faults that could really do with repair
Fair - As with good only above but with other faults
leaving a compromised copy even after repair
Poor - Really bad and possibly seriously incomplete.
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