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Excerpt from French Books, Duplicates and Selections From the Library of Henry E. Huntington of New York City: The Finest Modern Productions of the French Press, Illustrated by the Greatest of Contemporary Artists, With Many Bindings by the Master Craftsmen of France; To Be Sold Tuesday and Wednesday, November 21 and 22, 1916 The books here catalogued are duplicates and selections from the great library of Mr. Henry E. Huntington and con sist entirely of books printed in the French language, mainly during the Nineteenth Century. Many of the volumes were formerly in other famous collections, notably those of Frederic R. Halsey and the late Robert Hoe. I t is the finest collection of modern French books that has ever been offered for sale, either in this country or Europe, and it is extremely unlikely that there will ever be (mother sale of the same high character. In printing, illustrating, and binding these volumes exhibit the highest skill of the world's greatest artists. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.