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BARBEY D’AUREVILLY. Félicien ROPS.
See original version (French)
114
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BARBEY D’AUREVILLY. Félicien ROPS.
See original version (French)
Estimate €1,000 - €1,500
Voluntary lot
Description
BARBEY D’AUREVILLY. Félicien ROPS.
Les Diaboliques.
Paris, E. Dentu, 1874.
In-8, (2) leaves, including a portrait of the author, 354 pp., (1) leaf. Contemporary red half-maroquin binding with corners, smooth spine, author’s name, title and date in gold lettering, cover preserved [see Champs] (very slight signs of age).
Bibliography:
Carteret, I, 110–112.
Description:
First edition, for which no large-format edition was published.
An exceptional copy enriched with 12 loose plates, engraved in black on copper by Félicien Rops after his own compositions, a series of engravings produced by the artist between 1882 and 1886 with a view to a new edition by Alphonse Lemerre; however, Rops’s prints never officially accompanied Barbey’s text as part of an illustrated edition.
A fine copy, well bound in morocco leather signed by Victor Champs.
“A very rare and highly sought-after volume, the edition having been partly destroyed following a lawsuit”
See original version (French)
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