Maroquins signed Chambolle-Duru - Lot 244

Maroquins signed Chambolle-Duru [BÉARN - ANONYMOUS] - Coup d'oeil sur la Maison de Béarn d'origine royale et autre fois souveraine. Beauvais, Noulens, January 1872. In-4, 10pp. - Extract from Généalogie de la Maison de Béarn. Paris, Bourdier et Cie, 1862. Large in-8: 2f., 41pp. Red lavaliere morocco signed CHAMBOLLE-DURU, lined with peccary, gilt title on spine, slightly rubbed jaws, double gilt fillet on edges, arms of Count René de Béarn on peccary-lined countersleeves, cold-cut numeral in spandrels, gilt edges. A fine copy. Two publications on the House of Béarn, in identical red morocco bindings. It is said that his immoderate taste for sumptuous bindings completely ruined this passionate bibliophile. Provenance: A library copy bearing the arms and cipher of Count René de Béarn (with Galard crows and Béarn cows).