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(Pierre-Jean de), Chansons de Béranger, 12mo. Brussels & Leipzig: 1854. Bound in green velvet with furniture designed by William Burges, the covers with five brass-set semi-precious stones, secured with leather straps with brass catches and clasps; edges gilt and gauffered with red hearts. With Burges's signature on the title. Burges's designs for the clasps are in the V&A Museum. One of only three known bindings designed by Burges and the only one for his own library.
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