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The Last Legitimate King of France Louis XVII. [Baytun Signed Binding]

Date
1912
Category
History & Americana
Record
S.I.8199

8vo.(5.5" x 8.5") 1912. London, New York: J.M. Dent % Sons, E.P. Dutton & Co. Baytun Signed Binding. Half red leather with corners, bright gilt rule to leather edges, over red cloth boards. Spine with five gilt decorated raised bands, gilt title to second compartment, gilt author to fourth, gilt year at foot. Top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, title page in red and black. Edgewear, corners bumped and rubbed. Boards professionally rehinged at some point, barely noticable. Illustrated with frontispiece and 9 additional plates. Overall, a beautiful book with great shelf presence. Lieutenant Colonel Andrew Charles Parker Haggard (1854–1923) was a British army officer and writer, best known for his historical and biographical works focusing on French history. He was the older brother of the renowned novelist Sir Henry Rider Haggard.

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