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416 - TWO 20TH-CENTURY VOLUMES IN FRENCH: 1) Nonce Casanova *LA FACE DE L'ÊTRE. SAPHO, ROMAN DE LA GRÈCE ANTIQUE*, published in Paris by the Société d'Éditions Littéraires et Artistiques, 1905. Second edition. In 8°. This second edition is considered a bibliographic rarity. Nonce Casanova was born in Constantine, Algeria, on March 25, 1873, and died in Soussans, France, on January 6, 1957. He was an author active from the late 19th century through the early decades of the 20th century (with publications from 1897 to 1931). Half-cloth binding with marbled covers. The volume is in more than decent condition. pp. (8), 323, 1. 2) Comtesse de Ségur, *Un Bon Petit Diable*, published by Librairie Hachette, 1930 (Vaugirard printing house). With 96 woodcuts by Horace Castelli. Publisher’s binding in full red hardcover cloth with titles and floral/geometric motifs embossed in gold. Part of the Bibliothèque Rose Illustrée series (Librairie Hachette). The combination of the red Hachette cloth binding and the typographic quality of the Vaugirard printing house makes this volume a small piece of illustration history. The volume is in excellent condition. 316 pp.
TWO 20TH-CENTURY VOLUMES IN FRENCH: 1) Nonce Casanova *LA FACE DE L'ÊTRE. SAPHO, ROMAN DE LA GRÈCE ANTIQUE*, published in Paris by the Société d'Éditions Littéraires et Artistiques, 1905. Second edition. In 8°. This second edition is considered a bibliographic rarity. Nonce Casanova was born in Constantine, Algeria, on March 25, 1873, and died in Soussans, France, on January 6, 1957. He was an author active from the late 19th century through the early decades of the 20th century (with publications from 1897 to 1931). Half-cloth binding with marbled covers. The volume is in more than decent condition. pp. (8), 323, 1. 2) Comtesse de Ségur, *Un Bon Petit Diable*, published by Librairie Hachette, 1930 (Vaugirard printing house). With 96 woodcuts by Horace Castelli. Publisher’s binding in full red hardcover cloth with titles and floral/geometric motifs embossed in gold. Part of the Bibliothèque Rose Illustrée series (Librairie Hachette). The combination of the red Hachette cloth binding and the typographic quality of the Vaugirard printing house makes this volume a small piece of illustration history. The volume is in excellent condition. 316 pp.