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DUMAS (Alexandre). Stockholm, Fontainebleau and Rome. A dram…
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DUMAS (Alexandre). Stockholm, Fontainebleau and Rome. A dram…
See original version (French)
Estimate €400 - €500
Voluntary lot
Description
DUMAS (Alexandre). Stockholm, Fontainebleau and Rome. A dramatic trilogy on the life of Christine, in five acts in verse, with a prologue and epilogue. Paris, Barba, 1830. In-8, long-grain green half-maroquin with small corners, covers of green maroquin-patterned paper, gilt fillet framing the edges, plain spine decorated with double gilt fillets, yellow edges (contemporary binding). First edition, featuring a beautiful folding frontispiece lithographed by Charlet after Raffet.
A copy bound for Prince Maurice Dietrichstein (1775–1864), tutor to ‘l’Aiglon’. All the books in his library were bound uniformly and bear, as here, his handwritten signature on the front endpaper. The volume appeared in our 1997 sale under lot no. 81.
From the library of Xavier de Planhol, with bookplate.
Slight rubbing, faint foxing.
Vicaire, III, 337 – Carteret, I, 224 – Munro, 15.
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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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