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116 - DETECTIVE NOVELS – DESFORGES (Jean-Baptiste CHOUDART).
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DETECTIVE NOVELS – DESFORGES (Jean-Baptiste CHOUDART). Eugène and Eugénie, or the Marital Misunderstanding. The story of two children born of a night of error and their parents.  Paris, Chaignieau, Year VII (1799). 4 tomes in 2 volumes, in-12, half-basane (contemporary binding). Included, by the same author: *Adelphine de Rostanges, or the Mother Who Was Never a Wife*. A true story. Paris, Chaignieau, Year VIII (1800). 2 volumes in-12, half-basane (contemporary binding). First edition. 2 frontispieces. Mylne Martin 9972 and 00.62.
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About the sale Xavier de Planhol Library – The Origins of the Novel
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Auction time 09/30/2026 at 2:00 PM
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