an old brown book sitting on top of a white surfacean open book with a drawing of a woman ' s face on it
Gros & Delettrez

Estimate €60 - €100
Description
DELPIT, Albert. Thérésine. Paris, Paul Ollendorff, 1888. Large 12mo. Contemporary fawn sheepskin, slightly rubbed; ribbed spine (title label detached but preserved; spine slightly detached at the top; upper joint slightly worn). First and only early edition. One of 20 numbered copies on Japanese paper, the only ones on large-format paper. A copy belonging to Countess André Mniszech, Anne Charlotte Marrier de Lagatinerie, second wife of the dedicatee, André Georges Mniszech (1823–1905), a painter of Ukrainian origin, a Polish nobleman and a great art collector. With its handwritten bookplate. A fine, attractively presented copy of this novel by Albert Delpit, poet and novelist, who served as secretary to Dumas the Elder (1849–1893).
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Auction time 10/30/2026 at 2:00 PM
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