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Daguerre Val de Loire

30 - JACOB (P.L., Bibliophile, pseudonym of Paul Lacroix).
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Estimate €180 - €250
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JACOB (P.L., Bibliophile, pseudonym of Paul Lacroix). A note on Millevoye. Paris, Quantin, 1880. In-12, LVI pp. (including a blank first folio), [2] facsimile pages, period midnight-blue half-shagreen, smooth spine, author’s name, title, fleurons and gilt fillets (caps rubbed, corners worn, one inner hinge split). A very rare volume, of which only 25 copies were printed for the author’s friends. Paul Lacroix published a new edition of Millevoye’s works with Quantin in 1880, preceded by a note on the poet by Charles Louandre. The text presented here was probably not selected for that edition, and Lacroix had this private print run produced. Five copies are known to exist in French public collections: three at the BnF (including one bearing an autograph dedication by the author to a certain Gustave Rabattel), one in Lyon, and a final copy at the Amiens Departmental Archives bearing a dedication to a ‘Monsieur Gonse ’. And two copies in the United States (University of Illinois and University of Florida). A copy presented by the author, with a signed autograph dedication, to the Breton novelist and illustrator Max Radiguet (1816–1899). Accompanied by two signed autograph letters from Paul Lacroix, addressed to the same recipient in Brest in June and July 1881 (4 pages, in-8), in which he discusses, amongst other things, this note and other bibliographical matters.
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About the sale Books from the 15th to the 21st century, most of which are illustrated. Manuscripts. Painters’ autographs. Maps and plans. Architectural drawings. Normandy.
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Auction time 10/22/2026 at 2:00 PM
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