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[BINDINGS]. A group of 3 works from the Collection of Grace Whitney Hoff, comprising:
BORDEAUX, Raymond. Serrurerie du Moyen-Age Les Ferrures de Portes. Oxford & Paris: Parker & Aug. Aubry, 1858. Numerous mounted lithographed plates. Contemporary brown crushed levant, decorated in gilt and black, sides with armorial gilt decorations, edges gilt, stamp-signed by Cruel; custom slipcase. FIRST EDITION. -- RAVERAT, Baron Achilles. Les Vallées Du Bugey Excursions historiques, pittoresques et artistiques dans le Bugey, la Bresse, la Savoie & le pays de Gex. Lyon: By the author, 1867. 2 volumes. Late 19th-century maroon crushed levant gilt, sides with armorial gilt decorations, edges gilt, stamp-signed by Cruel; original printed wrappers bound in. -- KÖHLER, Louis. Sonaten von L. Van Beethoven. Leipzig: C.F. Peters, [ca 1900]. 20th-century half tan polished calf gilt, marbled boards, top edge gilt, others uncut, stamp-signed by Cruel. -- Together, 3 works in 4 volumes, various 4to and 8vo sizes, all in bindings stamp-signed by Cruel with spines in 6 compartments with 5 raised bands, condition generally very good. Provenance for the lot: From the Collection of Grace Whitney Hoff (1862-1938) Francophile, book collector, and the wife of John J. Hoff, a Standard Oil executive (bookplates, gilt monogrammed bindings).