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22 - LITERATURE. 4 volumes:
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Estimate €80 - €120
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LITERATURE. 4 volumes: - BOULENGER (Marcel). *Nos élégances*. Paris, Les Bibliophiles Fantaisistes, 1908, large 8vo, 165 pp. – 2 folios. Bound in taupe half-maroquin, corner pieces, ribbed spine, gilt head, cover and spine preserved. – Endpapers and cover slightly soiled. Ornamental headbands. High society and the social scene. Printed in a run of 500 copies. - CONSTANTIN (Yves de). *Les Damnations*. Original woodcuts by Jacques-M.-Bié. Paris, Emile-Paul, 1942, large 8vo, 203 pp. – 1 folio. Paperback, folded cover. – One of 150 copies printed on white Marais vellum. A few rare small foxing spots. First print run of the 75 full-page and footnote illustrations by Jacques-M. Bié. This collection of poems is dedicated to Thérèse Géraldy. Printed in a run of only 285 copies. - DAUDET (Alphonse). [REJCHAN]. Sapho. Parisian Customs. Ten illustrations by Rejchan... Paris, Quantin, 1888, in-8, 4 unnumbered leaves–232 pp. – 10 plates, vignettes. Bound in turquoise half-maroquin, corners, smooth spine decorated with a pattern of gilt fillets and embossed arabesques, gilt head, untrimmed, cover and spine preserved. (Early 20th-century binding). - A well-bound copy. Covers slightly dusty; 4 leaves (pp. 209–216) dotted with small foxing spots; the rest of the volume in excellent condition. 10 separate etchings engraved by Abot and Duvivier after Rejchan, and for each chapter a headpiece, a decorated initial and a footpiece by G. Montaigut. Carefully printed on heavy vellum paper. - ROLLAND (Romain). [COLLOT]. Colas Breugnon. Woodcuts by André Collot. Paris, at the Moulin de Pen Mur, 1946, small quarto, 257 pp. – 3 ff. Unbound, illustrated black-printed cover, slipcase. – One of 123 copies on Arches paper, enhanced with a black-printed suite. - In very fine condition. 27 colour woodcuts, including 5 full-page plates, drawn by A. Collot and engraved by Bracons-Duplessis. The text and engravings were printed on Jean-Paul Vibert’s presses. Total print run: 2,350 copies.
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Auction time 10/29/2026 at 11:00 AM
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