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Beautifully Bound & Illustrated FRENCH Edition
“Tr. by Mme. Bachellery”

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von. Les souffrances du jeune Werther. Tr. by Mme. Bachellery. Paris: Librairie des Bibliophiles, 1886. 8vo.
$1500.00

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• From the Librairie des Bibliophiles: Edition limited to 220, this one of 10 on papier du Japon. Illustrated with "eaux fortes" by Lalauze.

• Bound by Lortic Frères in red morocco with filigree gilt tooling on covers and in spine compartments; a gilt rose also in each spine compartment.

All edges gilt over marbling

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