Portraits of the Seventeenth Century: Historic and Literary by C.A. Sainte-Beuve
1904. First Edition. 461 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. Black and white central illustration to front board. Binding remains firm. Crinkling to gutters. Previous owner's inscription to front endpaper. Front hinge is cracked. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. There is bumping to corners and crushing to spine ends. Tanning to spine and edges causing discolouration. Gilt lettering is darkened.