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BRISCADIEU BORDEAUX

298 - Morocco leather binding signed Carayon MÉRIMÉE (Prosper) La …
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Estimate €150 - €200
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Morocco leather binding signed Carayon MÉRIMÉE (Prosper) La Chambre Bleue. A short story dedicated to Madame de La Rhune. Illustrated with 61 watercolours after Eugène COURBOIN. Paris, Conquet, Carteret & Cie, 1902. In-4; numerous colour illustrations, including 8 insets. Contributor’s copy, on Japanese paper (unjustified). Half blue morocco with Bradel-style filleted corners signed CARAYON, title and gilt fillets on smooth spine, original publisher’s cover preserved, untrimmed. Good condition. The first edition was printed in Biarritz in 1866 in a run of just three copies. This short story is dedicated to Empress Eugénie, referred to here by the name of a peak in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques (La Rhune), where the author had gone on an excursion with the imperial court.
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Auction time 07/03/2026 at 10:00 AM
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