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115 - DETECTIVE NOVELS – BENNET (Agnes Maria).
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DETECTIVE NOVELS – BENNET (Agnes Maria). A collection of two works. Anna, or The Welsh Heiress… Paris, Maradan, Year VI (1798). 4 tomes in 2 volumes in-12, contemporary fawn sheepskin, decorated spines. Very rare second edition of Joseph-Gaspard Dubois-Fontanelle’s translation, featuring 4 unsigned frontispieces. Oberlé 49. Rosa, or the Beggar Girl and Her Benefactors… Translated… by Louise Brayer St Léon. Paris, Pougens, Year VII (1798). 7 volumes in-12, contemporary fawn sheepskin. First edition of the translation. 7 frontispieces by Chaillou. Copy bearing the initials F. M. [Charles-Élie Frotier de La Messelière] on the covers.
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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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