1863 Collection Sauvageot Musee Imperial Louvre Paris Leather Ingravings Plates - $4,500 - (New York, NY)

Musee Imperial du LouvreCollection Sauvageotdessinee et gravee a l'eau-fortepar Edouard LievreAccompagnee d'un texte historique et descriptif par A. SauzayConservateur-Adjoint des Musees Imperiaux Imperial Museum the LouvreSauvageot collectiondrawn and engraved etchingby Edouard LievreAccompanied by a historical and descriptive text by A. SauzayDeputy Conservator of the imperial museum 2 volumesoriginal blue-green calf skin leather, gilded lettering on spinepublished and bound by Noblet et Baudry, Libraires-Editeurs Paris 1863there are 120 plates with etchings in these booksthe engravings are mostly of furniture and household items form the louvre collection embossed leather boards have aged well, with some obvious rubbing and shelfwear and rounding of the cornersthe books are very tightly bound, no splitting between boards and end-papers, no loos pages, no missing pagesthere is foxing throughout the book (see photo's) but most plates are not severely effected.very large and very heavy bookseach volume measures 19 x 13 x 2incheseach volume weighs in at about 15 pounds

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