an old book with a brown cover sitting on top of a white surfacean old book with a black and white title on itan old black and white photo of a man with a bearddrawing of a woman standing in front of a fireplace in a rooman old book with a drawing of a woman in a dressan old book with a drawing of a man in a costumean old book with a drawing of a woman in a dressillustration of a man sitting at a table with a bottle of wine in his handthe front cover of an orange book with black writing on it
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206 - AUGIER (Émile). L'Aventurière. Paris, Calmann Lévy, 1892.
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Estimate €800 - €1,000
Description
AUGIER (Émile). L'Aventurière. Paris, Calmann Lévy, 1892. In-4, green half-maroquin Bradel binding with corners, gilt fillets, plain spine decorated with a mosaic design, cloth covers, gilt head (Ch. Meunier). A new edition of this verse comedy, illustrated with compositions by Guillaume Dubufe, etched by A. Morse. One of the 50 special copies on Japanese paper, with a double set of etchings printed before the main edition. A unique copy decorated with 24 watercolours and 7 original pen-and-ink drawings signed ‘Ed. Ck.’. An autograph letter signed by Émile Augier to Édouard Thierry, curator of the Arsenal Library, is enclosed. Cover stained, spine slightly faded.
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About the sale Fine antique books – A library in the Languedoc
Auction location
Auction time 10/20/2026 at 2:00 PM
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