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DAUDET (Alphonse). Letters to an Absent Friend. Paris 1870–1…
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DAUDET (Alphonse). Letters to an Absent Friend. Paris 1870–1…
See original version (French)
Estimate €800 - €1,000
Voluntary lot
Description
DAUDET (Alphonse). Letters to an Absent Friend. Paris 1870–1871. Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, 1871. In-12, fawn half-percaline Bradel binding, marbled paper covers, plain spine, red head edge (modern binding). First edition, dedicated to Paul Arène.
According to Carteret, only five copies of this book were printed on China paper, all of which remained unknown to Brivois.
*Lettres à un absent* is ‘one of Daudet’s finest collections of short stories, in which his sensitivity is directed not towards Provence, but towards the Parisian atmosphere during the siege and the Commune, whose key figures he knew well’ (Daniel Morcrette).
A superb dedication in the Occitan language to his mentor, the Félibre Frédéric Mistral: To Frédéric Mistral / to my master, brother and capoulié / Anfos Daudet.
This copy is mentioned in the correspondence between the two men.
Superb provenance.
Brivois, 14 – Carteret, I, 192.
See original version (French)
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About the sale
First editions from the 19th to the 21st century
Auction location
Auction time
09/16/2026 at 2:00 PM
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