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Montégut, Maurice. - Three girls and three boys. Paris, Coll…
See original version (French)
86
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Montégut, Maurice. - Three girls and three boys. Paris, Coll…
See original version (French)
Estimate €80 - €120
Voluntary lot
Description
Montégut, Maurice. - Three girls and three boys. Paris, Collection Angelo Mariani, 1899. In-4 bound in half hazelnut morocco with corners, spine ribbed, title with faded golds, illustrated covers preserved - [¢fx-title, title in clrs, dispatch to Mariani, 23 pp. of text accompanied by 23 charming compositions in clrs by Louis Morin, [2 ff.]. Deluxe edition limited to 500 copies, one of 450 on wove paper (no. 370).
"This verse tale, whose characters lead an epicurean lifestyle, was published for publicity purposes in the Angelo Mariani Collection, whose albums praised the fortifying drink created by Angelo Mariani in 1863 from Bordeaux wine with coca leaves added. Assimilated to a medicine, Mariani wine was sold in pharmacies and enjoyed great success from 1868 onwards. The drink was copied by the great American brand Coca-Cola" (Blaizot).
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Ref. : A0729 - 368
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