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Bruxelles, Charles Hen, resp. Melin, Cans & Cie, Charles Hen, resp. Melin, Cans & Cie, 1840-1848. 2 vols. Large 8vo (26,5x17,5 cm). Contemporary darkblue halfcalf, with calf cornerpieces; spines with ribbons, gilt in ornaments and blindstamped; covers marbled paper (some sl. rubbings); marbled endpapers; marbled edges. (iv),iv,488 pp. and (iv),iv,ii,648 pp. Complete with 106 portraits: lithographies by P. Degobert after drawings of Baugniet, illustrating the 106 biogaphies of 19th century personalities in different disciplines, such as: (artists:) Ingres, Vernet, Delacroix, (musicians) Rossini, Meyerbeer, Cherubini, (politicians:) Lord Wellington, Metternich, John Russell, Abd-el-Kader, (German writers:) Uhland, Goethe, Tieck, (historians:) Thiers, Guizot, A. de Humboldt, Sismondi, (religious:) Lacordaire, Sainte-Beuve, (men of letters:) Hugo, De Balzac, George Sand, Dumas, Manzoni, Alfred de Vigny, (leaders: Ibrahim Pascha, Le Maréchal Soult , Général Jackson,… Read More