Antique Red Book Bundle. Red Book Stack of French School Books.

This is a stunning set of five antique French books in faded red tones. They are 'aged to perfection' and will give you an instant 'old library' effect.

If you love shabby chic books then these are for you. They look lovely tied up with natural twine and displayed on a coffee table, mantelpiece, sideboard, bedside table or dresser. The covers have faded with time to subtle, dusky, soft tones and the pages are yellowed with age, with age spots.

This red book bundle is made up of five French, antiquarian school books, very collectible and increasingly hard to find.
They are in genuine vintage condition, as you can see from the photos. These books have, over their long life, gathered names in side the front covers, pencilled scholarly notes, remarks and comments, on the pages, over the years. There are also some handwritten notes tucked in between the pages. I've left them exactly as I found them because they're authentic. Most importantly they have that 'old book smell' reminiscent of libraries and bookshops from a by-gone era - fabulously comforting.

The five books are all hard cover editions, they are distressed from years of genuine use and some of the pages are delicate and loose:

The titles are:

Oeuvres de Horace, Edition classique (c. 1930 edition.) Horace, Quintus Horatius Flaccus, (December 65 BC, Venusia, Italy — Nov. 27, 8 BC, Rome), was an outstanding Latin lyric poet and satirist under the emperor Augustus. The most frequent themes of his Odes and verse Epistles are love, friendship, philosophy, and the art of poetry. This book has his works reproduced in their original Latin text, with notes, comments and commentaries in French.

La Littérature Française du Brevet Elémentaire. Marcel Sarthou (1932 edition.) This book is packed full of Famous French literature, from the middle ages through to the 19th century. All of France's most respected writers are here; Victor Hugo, Alfred de Vigny, Honoré de Balzac, Voltaire, La Fontaine and Diderot to name but a few!

Cours de Langue Française, cours moyen et supérieur. C.H Maquet, Léon Flot et L. Roy (c. 1923 edition.) Published by France's famous Parisian publisher 'Librarie Hachette.' This book has grammar and vocabulary exercises along with verb conjugations, sentence constructions and elocution exercises.

Histoire de France, cours moyen et supérieur. A. Aymard (1928 edition.) This book is a guide to French history from Prehistoric times through to the 1st World War of 1914-1918. It covers times such as the Gallo-Roman period, the Crusades, Middle Ages, the 100 Years War, French Revolution and Napoleonic period for children aged 9 -13 years old.

Leçons de Choses, cours moyen - V. Bouillot et A & C Chabanas (1936 edition.) A book for 9-11 year old children, covering topics such as plants and animals, the human body, weather, lighting, heating, basic metals, nutrition, food and farming. This book has the most detailed diagrams and illustrations of everything from beekeeping to the workings of the human digestive system. A fascinating treasure!

To display them altogether, in a bundle, you will need a minimum space of 12cms/ 4¾" high x 20cms/ 7¾" long x 13cms/ 5" deep.
They weigh 1.8kgs/ 3.9lbs.

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Your purchase will be carefully packaged and shipped from France. It will be fully tracked, signed for and insured.

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