Torgny Schunnesson Rare Books

Lacroix, Paul

Lacroix, Paul; Contes du Bibliophile Jacob. A ses Petits-Enfans. Louis Janet, Paris, no date. (1831). First edition.
Two hardbound 12:o volumes in probably later black half leather bindings with marbled boards. Spines with gilt rectangles and title in gilt. Front board with the initials HL. That is the Swedish book collector Hjalmar Lundgren. His engraved exlibris also inside front boards. Bindings with only minimal signs of use. Text mildly foxed mostly in margins, but never heavy. Every volume with three (3) engraved plates. Vol. I; (VIII), LII, 300 p. , last blank + 3 engr. plates. Vol. II; (VI), 344 p. + 3 engr. plates.