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161 - MIRBEAU, Octave. The Diary of a Chambermaid.
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Estimate €600 - €800
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Description
MIRBEAU, Octave. The Diary of a Chambermaid. Paris, Charpentier and Fasquelle, 1900. 8vo, 519 pp. Brown half-maroquin with corner pieces, spine with raised bands, author, title and date gilt, compartments richly decorated with gilt ironwork featuring a mosaic fleur-de-lis in the centre and bordered by a double gilt line, gilt line on the covers, cover and spine preserved to imitate a handwritten diary page, gilt head [Stroobants]. Note: First edition on Japanese paper. A deluxe edition limited to 250 copies, reprinted in in-8 raisin format, numbered at the press, including 30 copies on Japanese paper, of which this is no. 46. A fine copy in an elegant morocco binding signed by Stroobants.
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Auction time 07/03/2026 at 2:00 PM
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