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Richard Maison de ventes

137 - MUSSET (Alfred de). Short Stories. *Les deux Maîtresse*; *Emmeline*; *Le Fils du Titien*; *Frédéric et Bernerette*; *Pierre et Camille*. Paris: Conquet, 1887. A large 8vo volume, full ultramarine blue morocco, richly decorated ribbed spine, triple gilt fillet framing the covers, fleurons at the corners, gilt lace edging the endpapers, all edges gilt (binding signed CHAMBOLLE-DURU). Very slight soiling on the upper cover, minor foxing on the endpapers and a few leaves at the beginning and end of the volume.

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€300 - 500

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MUSSET (Alfred de). Short Stories. *Les deux Maîtresse*; *Emmeline*; *Le Fils du Titien*; *Frédéric et Bernerette*; *Pierre et Camille*. Paris: Conquet, 1887. A large 8vo volume, full ultramarine blue morocco, richly decorated ribbed spine, triple gilt fillet framing the covers, fleurons at the corners, gilt lace edging the endpapers, all edges gilt (binding signed CHAMBOLLE-DURU). Very slight soiling on the upper cover, minor foxing on the endpapers and a few leaves at the beginning and end of the volume. An engraved portrait by BURNEY as the frontispiece and 16 etchings, including 6 out-of-text plates by François FLAMENG and 10 vignettes and tailpieces by Oreste CORTAZZO. Printed in an edition of 500 copies. This copy is one of the first 150 printed on large vellum paper, numbered and initialed by the publisher (No. 50), with all engravings in two states (with and without the letter). COPY ENRICHED WITH AN ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR BY CORTAZZO ON THE HALF-TITLE PAGE.

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Auction details

Antique and Modern Books: Cataloged Sale
Saturday, November 14
10:30 AM
592, boulevard Albert-Camus
69400 Villefranche-sur-Saône, France

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Richard Maison de ventes +33 4 28 39 00 20 contact@richardmdv.com
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