MATILDE BONAPARTE (1820-1904) La Sainte Bible contenant l’Ancien et le Nouveau Testament, traduite en françois sur la Vulgate, par Le Maistre de Saci. Paris: Defer de Maisonneuve, De l’Imprimerie de Monsieur. Paris: Defer de Maisonneuve, De l’Imprimerie de Monsieur, 1789.

Lot 81

2 5003 000

12 volumes in-8. Illustrated with 300 engraved figures After the drawings by Marillier and Monsiau, 204 for the Old Testament and 96 for the New Testament. A fold-out map of the Holy Land in volume 12. Superb exemplar Contemporary red Morocco binding, gilt lace, initials in the centre, smooth decorated spine, handwritten label at the top, interior roulette, gilt edges. Paper label with handwritten number on the spine of each volume (except for vol. 12). Minor foxing (Vol. 12). On the upper cover of each volume is a gilded monogram of Mathilde Bonaparte (1820-1904), daughter of King Jerome, brother of Napoleon I, and Catherine of Württemberg. PROVENANCE: Marquis de Montéinar (engraved armorial ex-libris on the flyleaves and handwritten number on a sticker)

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