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L'Historien Vertueux ou le Modele de l'Adolescence et de la Jeunesse. Dedie au jeune age.

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Paris: Louis Janet, 1822. Sextodecimo. Bound in beige paper boards, all edges gilt. Binding shows wear, particularly to corners and spine ends. Text shows some spotting, including to illustrations. A calendar is printed at the rear. The title of one notable and worringly un-ironic plate is, roughly translated, "The charity of Marie Antoinette" Item #43112

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