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Prévost, Abbé

Prévost, Abbé. Histoire de Manon Lescaut avec une notice par M. Anatole France. With engravd portrait of the author and 8 engraved plates by Monziès after Pasquier and Gravelot. A. Lemerre, Paris, 1878.
8vo in a blue half morocco binding. Spine decorated with gilt rectangles in two compartments, with red morocco labels lettered in gilt and a flower in gilt and red in the center compartment. Top edge gilt, else only trimmed edges. Marbled boards and endpapers. Bound with original wrappers. Fine. Text within a red framework and wide margins. (VIII) with front. , XL, 261 p. , (III).