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Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Carteret, L[éopold]. Le Trésor du Bibliophile Romantique et Moderne 1801-1875. Paris, L.Carteret, Éditeur, 1924 - 1928. 4 vols in 4to. 459 + [1]p; 501 + [1]p; [4] + 603 + [3]p; [4] + 207 + [1]p. Titles in red & black; numerous fullpage plates (many coloured) & smaller illustrations in text. Half morocco gilt, panelled backstrips decorated in gilt, top edges gilt; original printed wrappers bound in. A fine well-bound set, clean, unmarked and without foxing; minimal wear to corners. First edition of this indispensable source documentation of the most significant 19th century French books in their original editions with bibliographical detail and coloured cover reproductions of 220 works described. Vol III is entirely devoted to illustrated books; the last volume comprises indexes of illustratrions, artists and engravers. Contemporary engraved armorial bookplates pasted inside frontcovers.