{"product_id":"antique-french-leather-book-bundle-of-49413","title":"Antique French Leather Book Bundle of Slim Brown Books 1821-1900s, Victor Hugo Hernani, Walter Scott","description":"\u003cp\u003eA handsome set of eight slim antique books in warm shades of chestnut, chocolate, cognac, and caramel brown, with half-leather spines, faded gilt bands, and beautiful marbled boards in blue, black, and gold. Their slender profile gives the stack a refined, airy look on the shelf, and they're easy to tuck into a bookcase, layer on a desk, or bundle with twine for a French country vignette.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInside is a wonderful mix of 19th-century French literature and poetry, including Victor Hugo's Hernani, a French translation of Walter Scott's Old Mortality, Édouard Pailleron's comedy La Souris, and an 1821 edition of the elegies of C. L. Mollevaut printed by Didot. A German volume of religious verse from 1841 and La Muse Normande, poems written in the Norman dialect, add a little extra intrigue.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe tallest book measures 9.5 inches, and the set takes up approximately 5 inches of shelf space.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTitles included in this bundle:\u003cbr\u003e\n🪶 Élégies de C. L. Mollevaut (1821)\u003cbr\u003e\n🪶 Le Petit Buffon des Enfants (1865)\u003cbr\u003e\n🪶 La Muse Normande de Louis Petit, de Rouen (1853)\u003cbr\u003e\n🪶 Hernani by Victor Hugo (1878)\u003cbr\u003e\n🪶 Le Vieillard des Tombeaux by Walter Scott (1835)\u003cbr\u003e\n🪶 Perlen der heiligen Vorzeit by Johann Ladislav Pyrker (1841)\u003cbr\u003e\n🪶 La Souris by Édouard Pailleron (1888)\u003cbr\u003e\n🪶 Les Transatlantiques by Abel Hermant\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e**Condition**\u003cbr\u003e\nThe leather spines show rubbing, scuffing, and some cracking, and the marbled boards have edge wear. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pretty Old Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67652879450402,"sku":"4606549413","price":269.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0106\/0709\/9951\/files\/antique-french-leather-book-bundle-of-slim-brown-books-1821-1900s-victor-hugo-hernani-walter-scott-2631243.jpg?v=1793416329","url":"https:\/\/prettyoldbooks.com\/products\/antique-french-leather-book-bundle-of-49413","provider":"Pretty Old Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}