45 (of 47) vols. Illustrated with 242 photogravure plates from etchings, paintings, drawings, etc., with the printed tissue-guards. 9x6, bound in full dark blue morocco, spine and cover margins decoratively stamped in gilt, raised bands, inner gilt dentelles, new endpapers, t.e.g.; bound by Thomas W. Best. No. 463 of 1000 copies. "Edition de Médicis."

A beautifully bound set of the works of the prolific French writer. Includes: The Count of Monte Cristo (4 vols.); The Three Musketeers (2 vols.); Twenty Years After (2 vols.); Celebrated Crimes (3 vols.); The Two Dianas (2 vols.); La Dame de Monsoreau (2 vols.); Ange Pitou (2 vols.); La Comtesse de Charny (4 vols.); The First Republic (2 vols.); The Forty-Five (2 vols.); Vicomte de Bragelonne (5 vols.); The Queen's Necklace; Marguerite de Valois; The Company of Jehu (2 vols.); Olympe de Clèves (2 vols.); Memoirs of a Physician (3 vols.) plus others. Lacks two volumes, one of which is the second volume for "Ascanio." With the binder's rubberstamp to the front flyleaf of each volume.