£45
From the Library of Anthony and Clarissa Eden, Earl and Countess of Avon. FitzGerald (Edward, translator) & Cole (Herbert, illustrator), Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, London: John Lane, 1903, frontispiece and plates, finely bound in contemporary brown morocco by Riviere & Sons, signed dentelle, upper-cover split, top-edge gilt, others uncut, marbled endpapers, cipher book label, 12mo, [Poggio Bracciolini], Florentin (Pogge), Les Facéties, two-volume set, copy no. 451/750, Paris: Isidore Liseux, Éditeur, 1878, parallel Latin and French text, contemporary tan quarter-calf over marbled boards, marbled endpapers, 12mo, Tasso, La Gerusalemme Liberata, Parigi: Preso Lefevre, Librajo, 1838, contemporary vellum binding, gilt, speckled edges, contemporaneous ink manuscript ownership inscription: Catherine *.*. Harcourt/Roma Dec. 43, 8vo, [&] Musset (Alfred de), Frédéric et Bernerette, 1893, finely bound in contemporaneous three-quarter morocco gilt, repaired, 12mo, (5)
Provenance: Anthony Eden, 1st Earl of Avon, KG, MC, PC (1897-1977), British Prime Minister (1955-57), and his wife Clarissa (née Spencer-Churchill; 1920-2021), Countess of Avon; previously sold by Bellmans, Printed Books, et al., 13th July, 2023, part-lots from lots 7 & 8.
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