Among collectors n° 7/8 Published in Moscow, 1922. Edition of 1500 copies. Format in- 4°, 104 pages. Some traces of damp, cover and overall slightly detached. The book contains a lithograph (19 x 28 cm) after a drawing by Alexandre N. Benois for the publication of Versailles. Benois for the Versailles publication. The book contains interesting remarks on the antiques market, the fate of works of art in troubled times, new book editions and, in particular, the release of new books by the Aquilon publishing house, which are featured in our collection. Provenance: Paula Renée Nothafft (née Kaestlin), first wife of F.F. Nothafft, art lover and collector, Hermitage researcher and founder of the Aquilon publishing house. Paula Nothafft was made famous by painter B.M. Kustodiev's portrait of her; in 1923, she left Soviet Russia for Switzerland with her son Andrei, who would later become a major industrialist.

DAUDET (Alphonse) Set of four first editions of plays by Alphonse Daudet, bound in half-maroquin with corners by CHAMPS. DAUDET (Alphonse): Le sacrifice. Comedy in three acts. First performed at the Théâtre du Vaudeville on February 11, 1869. Paris, Librairie Internationale, A. Lacroix, Verboeckhoven & Cie, 1869. One volume. 12.5 by 18.5 cm. 124 pages + 1 f. n.ch. Midnight blue half-maroquin with corners, Bradel style, smooth spine, covers preserved. Binding signed CHAMPS. Copy in excellent condition. First edition. Talvart et Place IV-p. 13 : 9. DAUDET (Alphonse) and L'ÉPINE (Ernest): La dernière idole. Drama in one act, in prose. Paris, Michel Lévy Frères, 1862. One volume. 12.3 by 18.5 cm. 28 pages + pages 3 to 34 (catalog d'Ouvrages divers ...). Midnight blue half-maroquin with corners, Bradel style, smooth spine, covers preserved. Binding signed CHAMPS. Slight rubbing at top of spine, otherwise perfect condition. Scattered foxing. False title reads: La dernière idole. Drama first performed in Paris at the Odéon imperial theater, February 4, 1862. First edition. Talvart et Place IV-p. 12 : 3. DAUDET (Alphonse) and MANUELL (Ernest) [L'ÉPINE (Ernest)]: L'oeillet blanc. Comédie en un acte, en prose. Paris, Michel Lévy Frères, 1865. One volume. 12 by 19 cm. (4)-36 pages. Midnight blue half-maroquin with corners, à la Bradel, smooth spine, covers preserved. Binding signed CHAMPS. Binding in perfect condition, very few light brown spots. False title reads: L'oeillet blanc. Comedy performed for the first time, in Paris, on the Théâtre-Français, by the Emperor's ordinary actors, on April 8, 1865. First edition. Talvart et Place IV-p. 12 : 6. DAUDET (Alphonse) and MANUELL (Ernest) [L'ÉPINE (Ernest)]: Le frère aîné. Drama in one act. Paris, Michel Lévy Frères, 1868. One volume. 12 by 19 cm.(4)-29 pages + 36 pages (Cat. Calmann Lévy mai 1878). Midnight blue half-maroquin with corners, à la Bradel, smooth spine, covers preserved. Binding signed CHAMPS. Binding in perfect condition, with rare light foxing. False title reads: Le frère aîné. Drama first performed in Paris, at the Théâtre du Vaudeville, on December 19, 1867. First edition. Talvart et Place IV-p. 12 : 7. DAUDET's theater is somewhat unjustly forgotten today... A fine set in a homogeneous, high-quality binding, for collectors...