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Description
MÉRIMÉE (Prosper).
*Mosaïque*, by the author of *Le Théâtre de Clara Gazul*.
Paris: H. Fournier the Younger, 1833. — 8vo, 216 x 131: (2 ff.), 439 pp. Red Jansenist morocco, ribbed spine, gilt lace on the inside, gilt edges (Cuzin).
First edition of this collection of texts which Mérimée composed between 1829 and 1832.
Among these texts is *Tamango*, first published in October 1829 in the *Revue de Paris*. It is a realistic and socially conscious short story that denounces the horrors of the slave trade through the story of Tamango, a Senegalese warrior, and Captain Ledoux, a slave trader, illustrating the moral contradictions and dehumanisation inherent in slavery.
A fine copy bound by Cuzin, having successively belonged to the libraries of Eugène Paillet (1829–1901) – a judge at the Paris Court of Appeal, president of the Société des Amis des Livres and mentor to the collector Henri Beraldi – , Adolphe Bordes (1858–1918) and Robert Fleury (1921–2010).
Scuffing at the hinges; stains on the back cover. Scattered foxing.
Provenance:
Eugène Paillet, with autograph signature on the first blank page. – Adolphe Bordes. – Robert Fleury, with bookplate (1997, no. 248).
See original version (French)
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About the sale
Claude Mozis Library – Black Africa and the African diaspora
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10/21/2026 at 2:00 PM
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