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129 - [AULNOY (Countess of)]. Account of a Journey to Spain.
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Estimate €400 - €500
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Description
[AULNOY (Countess of)]. Account of a Journey to Spain. Paris, Veuve Claude Barbin, 1699. 3 in-12 volumes, ultramarine morocco, triple gilt fillet, ribbed spine, panels with ornamentation and crowned monograms, gilt interior lace, gilt edges (Trautz-Bauzonnet). 8 ff., 336 pp. – 343 pp. – Title page, 419 pp. Reprint by her widow of the first edition published by Claude Barbin in 1691. A fine copy from the Frédéric and Anne Max Library (1997, no. 302), with bookplate. Neither Lever, p. 367, nor Tchemerzine I, 210–211 mention this new edition.
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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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