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LELOIR, Maurice (1853-1940). Une Femme de Qualité au Siècle Passé . Paris: Jean Bouffod, Manzi, Joyant & C ie, 1899.
LELOIR, Maurice (1853-1940). Une Femme de Qualité au Siècle Passé . Paris: Jean Bouffod, Manzi, Joyant & C ie, 1899. 2 o (394 x 319 mm). 87 color plates and text leaves by Maurice Leloir (last leaf detached). Contemporary red morocco gilt, spine elaborately gilt-decorated in six compartments, top edge gilt, others uncut, red morocco inner dentelles, silk brocade linings by Blanchetière-Bretault, original wrappers bound-in (some light rubbing). Provenance : George Walter Vincent Smith (bookplate, library stamp on front wrapper). LIMITED EDITION, number 26 of 200 copies. Divided into 10 sections with separate title-pages and frontispieces, each section recounts an aspect of life for an aristocratic French woman in the 18th century and is accompanied by charming illustrations by Leloir.