The Court of Louis XIV
in his Late Period
after Le Brun
in red Morocco
Saint-Simon – Weigand, Wilhelm (ed.). The Court of Louis XIV. From the Memoirs of the Duke of Saint-Simon. In German. 3rd, enlarged edition. Leipsic, Insel, 1925. Large 8vo (26 x 18 cm). 526 pp., 1 leaf. With
17 plates + folded genealogical tree .
Red orig. morocco designed by E. R. Weiß with stylized L under crown accompanied by two Bourbon fleurs-de-lis as front cover vignette, beside the title back-plate repeated on the back fourfold without the crown and enclosed by lines & ornamental borders, front cover line, all gilt tooled, blue marbled fly-leaves & yellow bookmark ribbon. Yellow edges.
(Sarkowski 1388 VA.) – In the binding of the DELUXE EDITION (100 copies) of the first edition of 1913 and on moldmade paper the status of present copy supposedly is the same likewise and present then, too, in adequately fine copy with only quite minimal bumps of three cover corners, the bottom edge of the back cover, and, somewhat more, that of the back cover itself.
Offer no. 15,278 / EUR 590. / export price EUR 561. (c. US$ 764.) + shipping
to the extensive detail description
“ Received the (original Ridinger printing-)plate yesterday. Much Thanks from a satiesfied customer. You are a True Gentleman … All the Best! L… F. ”
(Mr. L. A. F., November 5, 2003)