LAMARTINE De A. Le Manuscrit de ma Mère avec Commentaires, Prologue et Épilogue. Paris, Hachette et Cie, Furne, Jouvet et Cie and Pagnerre Éditeurs, 1871, in-8, leather half-bound, spine ribbed and decorated, author and title gilt. Ex-Libris manuscript of Emile Henriot and probably handwritten annotation dated Oct. 14, 1959 with initials E.H. Lots will be sold by appointment only, on June 20, 2023, in Paris VIIIe (Metro: Franklin Roosevelt Line 8 or Saint-Philippe du Roule Line 9). [The exact address will be communicated to you after full payment of the slip, when the appointment is made].

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