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Richard Maison de ventes

206 - [LABOUREUR] PARNY (Évariste). Madagascan Songs. Paris: Nouvelle Revue Française, 1920. A volume in-12 (17.3 × 11.2 cm), chocolate-colored half-maroquin with corner caps, five-ribbed spine, gilt head, untrimmed, original illustrated covers preserved, cardboard slipcase (binding signed AUSSOURD). A few very slight and scattered foxing spots.

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€300 - 500

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25%

[LABOUREUR] PARNY (Évariste). Madagascan Songs. Paris: Nouvelle Revue Française, 1920. A volume in-12 (17.3 × 11.2 cm), chocolate-colored half-maroquin with corner caps, five-ribbed spine, gilt head, untrimmed, original illustrated covers preserved, cardboard slipcase (binding signed AUSSOURD). A few very slight and scattered foxing spots. First illustrated edition of this collection of Creole songs from Madagascar, translated and published for the first time by Évariste Parny in 1787. It is adorned with 31 color woodcuts by Jean-Émile Laboureur (1877–1943), including two compositions for the cover. A unique print run limited to 412 numbered copies, all on natural jute paper; this one is no. 192. A beautiful copy in an elegant binding by Aussourd, with its original illustrated covers preserved. References: Sylvain Laboureur, *Complete Catalog of the Works of Jean-Émile Laboureur*, II, no. 723; Carteret, *Le Trésor du bibliophile*, IV, p. 312.

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Auction details

Sale of antique and modern books
Tuesday, December 8
02:00 PM
16, rue Régemortes
03000 Moulins, France

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Richard Maison de ventes +33 4 28 39 00 20 moulins@richardmdv.com
On Drouot for 10 years avec More than 100,000 lots published

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