La Fayette, La Princesse de Cleves, [Amsterdam, 1678], nineteenth-century red crushed morocco by Cuzin

4 parts in one volume, 12mo (131 x 71 mm). Engraved allegorical title-page, woodcut initials and headpieces. (Washed.)

binding: Nineteenth-century red crushed morocco by Cuzin (134 x 80 mm), 3 gilt fillets around sides, large gilt centre ornament with rose at centre, spine gilt, gilt edges, marbled endpapers, inner dentelles. (Upper joint becoming weak.)

provenance: Late-nineteenth-century bookplate with monogram "C.M.". acquisition: Purchased in 1986 from Librairie Lardanchet, Paris. references: Tchemerzine, III, 840c; Willems, 1923