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267 - MUSSET (Alfred de). Complete Works, with unpublished letters, variants, notes, index, facsimile, and a biographical sketch by his brother. Paris: Charpentier, 1865. 10 volumes, in-4, red morocco leather, framed by a set of seven gilt fillets, one of which is beaded; spine decorated in the same manner; green morocco lining adorned with a set of gilt fillets and fleurons at the corners; red foulard endpapers; gilt headband; untrimmed (Pomey).

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€1,000 - 1,500

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30%

MUSSET (Alfred de). Complete Works, with unpublished letters, variants, notes, index, facsimile, and a biographical sketch by his brother. Paris: Charpentier, 1865. 10 volumes, in-4, red morocco leather, framed by a set of seven gilt fillets, one of which is beaded; spine decorated in the same manner; green morocco lining adorned with a set of gilt fillets and fleurons at the corners; red foulard endpapers; gilt headband; untrimmed (Pomey). Edition known as “by the poet’s friends,” illustrated with 28 drawings by Alexandre Bida and a portrait of the author engraved by Léopold Flameng, after Landelle, on steel. A richly executed copy in lined binding. It is enhanced by a set of 60 watercolors by Eugène Lami, etched by Adolphe Lalauze, published by Morgand in 1883 in two states, one of which includes notes, an autograph note by Lami, a note, and a letter from Alexandre Dumas, Jr., to Morgand.

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Auction details

Antique and Modern Books
Thursday, November 26
11:00 AM
Hôtel Drouot
9, rue Drouot
75009 Paris, France

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Giquello +33 1 47 42 78 01 info@giquello.net
On Drouot for more than 10 years avec More than 100,000 lots published

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