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CONAN BELLEVILLE Hôtel d’Ainay

573 - LEIRIS (Michel). A very significant collection of around 30 …
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Estimate €800 - €1,000
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LEIRIS (Michel). A very significant collection of around 30 literary and ethnographic works, most of them first editions. Including: *L’Age d’homme*. Gallimard, 1939 (6 copies, including 1 special edition). *Le Point cardinal*. Kra, 1927. (2 copies). *Grande fuite de neige*. Mercure de France, 1964. *Haut-Mal*. Gallimard, 1943 (signed and inscribed). *Images de marque*. *Le Temps qu’il fait*, 1989. *Chevauchée d’antan*. *L’Ire des vents*, 1987. *La Langue secrète des Dogons de Sanga*. Institut d’Ethnologie, 1948 (2 copies). *Jeurre*. Bulletin du Bibliophile, 1974 (with a personal note). Miroir de la tauromachie. GLM, 1938 (2 copies). Bagatelles végétales. Aubier, 1956. Afrique Noire. Gallimard, Univers des Formes, 1967. (4 copies). Brief Instructions for Collectors of Ethnographic Objects. Museum of Ethnography, 1931. (2 copies). Etc.
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About the sale A SCHOLAR-COLLECTOR’S LIBRARY Part 2: 19th- and 20th-century literature
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Auction time 10/14/2026 at 2:30 PM
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