Circa 1900. This is 23 volumes of the 25 volume set. Volumes 1 and 2 are missing. Illustrated with a frontispiece in photogravure, each illustration has tissue guard printed with caption. Very attractive binding in black cloth with floral decoration on covers and spines in light green and orange. Spine titles are gold, most very bright, a few slightly rubbed. Interiors are clean and unmarked, slight soiling on top edge. All bindings are sound except for flaws on 3 volumes as noted. Volume 23, "Regent's Daughter", cracked front hinge at title page. Volume 13, "Twenty Years After", cracked front hinge at title page. Volume 18, "Two Dianas Part 1", cloth on spine has separated and front cover is hanging on by a thread - literally. There are no numbers on spines, but the 25 volume information is printed on the title page. Each volume is approximately 6" x 8 1/8". Titles included are: "The Regent's Daughter", "Margaret de Valois", "Chicot the Jester", "The Forty-Five Guardsmen", "Joseph Balsamo", "The Memoirs of a Physician", "The Queen's Necklace", "Taking the Bastile", "The Countess of De Charney", "The Chevalier de Maison-Rouge", "The Three Guardsmen", "Twenty Years After", "The Vicomte de Bragelonne", "Ten Years Later", "Louise de la Valliere", "The Man in the Iron Mask", The Two Dianas I", "The Two Dianas II", "The Page of the Duke of Savoy I", "The Page of the Duke of Savoy II", "The Chevalier d'Harmental", "The Whites and the Blues I", "The Whites and the Blues II". As noted, this is 23 volumes of the original 25 volume set.

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