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217 - CARLÈGLE (Charles-Émile) & ARISTOPHANE.
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Estimate €150 - €200
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Description
CARLÈGLE (Charles-Émile) & ARISTOPHANE. Lysistrata, translated by Raoul Vèze, an illustrated edition featuring watercolour drawings by Carlègle. Paris, Le livre du bibliophile – Georges Briffaut, 1928. In-4, brick-red half-maroquin with corner pieces, ribbed spine decorated with an olive-coloured maroquin border and gilt fillet, gilt title, gilt head, cover and spine preserved. 22 two-tone illustrations by Carlègle. Print run of 850 copies; no. 114 of the 790 on Arches vellum ‘containing facsimiles of the coloured drawings’. A fine copy.
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About the sale Bibliophilia (sale without a live event)
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Auction time 09/09/2026 at 1:00 PM
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