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Half Calf. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. Third. 48 + 323 + 68 + (viii) pages, engraved and printed titles, rebound in new half calf with marbled boards, spine with raised bands and gilt decoration, title label of black morocco onset with gilt lettering, first 2 blank leaves damaged with loss of outer quarter, one leaf torn with slight loss of page number etc, otherwise very good. *Willems 1040. Good manual on letter writing and manual for conversational French. PROVENANCE: bookplate of Robert J Hayhurst.…

Half Calf. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. Third. 48 + 323 + 68 + (viii) pages, engraved and printed titles with printer's device, first 2 blank leaves damaged with loss of outer quarter, one leaf torn with slight loss of page number (both have been repaired/restored), hardcover, 12mo, re-bound in new half calf with marbled boards, raised bands, gilt decorated spine, title label of black morocco onset with gilt lettering, Provenance: with the bookplate of Robert J Hayhurst, apart from the damaged two front pages, the book is in very good, Chez Louis Elzevier, Amsterdam, 1646. * French text. Good manual on letter writing and conversational French. Willems 1040. Additional Provenance: The pictorial bookplate, depicting a ship in full sail on rough sea, indicates the book comes from the library of pharmaceutical magnate and dedicated bibliophile Robert James Hayhurst (1929-2016) of Lancashire, England. His interests as a collector included the eighteenth century, bindings, and naval history, the latter no doubt influencing his choice of imagery for the plate.…