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279 - [THE IRON MASK]. A collection of two works.
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Estimate €400 - €500
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[THE IRON MASK]. A collection of two works. SAINT-MIHIEL (Jean-Baptiste). The True Man Speaks to the Man in the Iron Mask. A work in which it is revealed, on the basis of irrefutable evidence, to whom this famous and ill-fated man owed his life, and when and where he was born. New, revised edition. Strasbourg, A la Librairie Académique, 179. 8vo, red long-grain half-maroquin, smooth spine with fine gilt decoration (early 19th-century binding). – Monglond I, 432. DELORT (Joseph). History of the Man with the Iron Mark, accompanied by authentic documents and facsimiles. Paris, Delaforest, 1825. 8vo, green long-grain half-maroquin, green embossed paper covers, gilt fillet on the spine, yellow edges (contemporary binding). First edition. Lithographed portrait and 3 fold-out facsimiles.  A copy belonging to Prince Moritz von Dietrichstein, tutor to the Duke of Reichstadt, son of Napoleon (from 1815 to 1831), in the typical green binding of his library and bearing his signature on the reverse of the front cover.
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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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