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live November 10 | 02:00 PM
Libert et associés

57 - [BRUSLÉ DE MONTPLEINCHAMP (Jean-Chrysostôme)].

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€180 - 200

Sale fees

30%

[BRUSLÉ DE MONTPLEINCHAMP (Jean-Chrysostôme)]. The Hunchbacked Devil. In Nancy [Brussels], Published by Dominique Gaydon, Printer & Bookseller, 1708. Small 12mo, ivory vellum (contemporary binding). XVI + [VIII] + 274 pp. FIRST EDITION of this novel by Jean-Chrysostôme Bruslé de Montpleinchamp (1641–1724), a prolific writer from Namur. An engraved frontispiece. A corner is missing from folio E1, with a small loss of text and restoration. “An absurd novel full of visions, apparitions, and demons armed with large sabers, cutting people to pieces. ” (National Biography of Belgium, III, 72); Barbier, I, 939 (which lists the publisher as “J. de Smedt”).

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Auction details

Books & Graphic Works
Tuesday, November 10
02:00 PM
Hôtel Drouot
9, rue Drouot
75009 Paris, France

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Libert et associés +33 1 48 24 51 20 info@libert-associes.com
On Drouot for more than 10 years avec More than 35,000 lots published

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