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ROUVEYRE (Edouard, pseudonym Roger de Parnes).
See original version (French)
175
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ROUVEYRE (Edouard, pseudonym Roger de Parnes).
See original version (French)
Estimate €150 - €200
Voluntary lot
Description
ROUVEYRE (Edouard, pseudonym Roger de Parnes).
Two titles by the author in two equally bound 8vo volumes. Contemporary red half-calf with corner pieces, decorated ribbed spine, double gilt fillet on the covers, gilt head, blue morocco title label with gilt title, covers preserved (a few small, discreet scuffs, some slight scattered discolouration).
Description:
SECRET ANECDOTES from the Reign of Louis XV: A Petit-Maître’s Portfolio. With a preface by Georges d’Heylli.
Paris, Ed. Rouveyre, 1881.
XXXI–253 pp., frontispiece, 2 plates, vignettes, headpieces and tailpieces. First edition ‘printed in a small run’. Frontispiece and 2 plates drawn and engraved by F. Oudart. Vignettes, initials and tailpieces carved from wood. “Anecdotal Portraits – Royal Mistresses”. Index.
Vicaire, VI, 1231.
[&] THE REGENCY: A Rake’s Wallet.
Paris, Ed. Rouveyre, 1882.
XXVI–224 pages. Preface by Georges d’Heylli. Compositions and drawings by Marius Perret, engraved by M. L. Rouveyr and Puyplat.
Limited edition.
Copies on Dutch laid paper.
See original version (French)
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