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Hôtel des Ventes de Clermont-Ferrand

Estimate €40 - €50
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Description
2 volumes: - GRESSET (J.-B.-L.). Selected Works… preceded by an essay on his life and writings by M. Campenon. Paris, Janet & Cotelle, 1823; in-8. 2 ff.-XXXVIII-446 pp.- Frontispiece. Blue calfskin, broad gilt and blind-stamped borders, large central blind-stamped medallion, spine with faux-ribbing featuring gilt fillets and quatrefoil fleurons, gilt interior lace, gilt edges. (Contemporary binding). – A finely bound copy, in the style of Thouvenin. Some foxing. Frontispiece engraved by Roger after Desenne. Contains: *Ver-Vert*; *Le Carême impromptu*; *Le Lutrin vivant*; some twenty miscellaneous pieces (poems, epistles); 2 plays and the speeches: ‘From Molière to Destouches’; ‘On the Eloquence of the Pulpit’. - BARTHELEMY (Auguste-Marseille) MERY (Joseph) - [RAFFET]. Napoleon in Egypt. Waterloo and the Son of Man. Paris, Perrotin, 1835; 8vo. 374 pp. – 1 folio of advertisements – 10 hors-texte engravings protected by a serpent-shaped cover. Contemporary anthracite half-calf binding, corners, spine with 4 stepped false ribs, gilt friezes, romantic cold-stamped medallions, marbled edges. - A well-bound copy. Scattered small foxing spots or stains. First edition of the 10 steel engravings after Raffet. This poem, which enjoyed immense success, is at the origin of the Napoleonic legend. (Carteret III, p. 64 – Vicaire I, 323 – Escoffier, Romantic Movement 1081).
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About the sale ANTIQUE AND MODERN BOOKS at 11.00 am and 2.00 pm
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Auction time 10/29/2026 at 11:00 AM
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