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70 - MAETERLINCK (Maurice). Serres chaudes.
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Estimate €300 - €500

Description

MAETERLINCK (Maurice). Serres chaudes. Paris, Léon Vanier [Ghent, Louis van Melle], 1889. In-8, frontispiece and headpieces by Georges Minne, 102 pages, wine-coloured half-maroquin with corners. First edition of Maeterlinck’s first published book, illustrated with a heliogravure frontispiece and six woodcuts by Georges Minne, in its original condition, untrimmed and in a parchment-bound cover: the cover features, on the front, the title in red and one of Minne’s woodcuts reproduced as an illustration. One of 155 copies on Van Gelder paper; this one, no. 9, bears a dedication by the author to the lawyer Edmond Picard: ‘To the most pure and unwavering master. As a token of my deepest admiration’; and from Edmond Picard to Nicole Picard: ‘To my little girl, this copy of a new edition of *Les Serres Chaudes*, which I alone admired and defended when it first appeared.’

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Auction time 09/22/2026 at 11:00 AM

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70 - MAETERLINCK (Maurice). Serres chaudes. See original version (French)

70 - MAETERLINCK (Maurice). Serres chaudes.
See original version (French)