Leducq Maison de Ventes aux enchères
2
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2 anthologies.
See original version (French)
2
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2 anthologies.
See original version (French)
Estimate €200 - €300
Voluntary lot
Description
2 anthologies.
- *La Psyché*. A Selection of Poems and Prose, Dedicated to the Ladies. Paris, Sétier, March 1826.
In-18, paperback, printed cover, foxing.
144 pp.
Buoyed by the modest fame brought him by the publication of his *Elegy on the Death of General Foy*, Dumas frequently visited the premises of his printer, Louis-Pascal Setier, and the idea of a poetry journal took shape, a project in which he enlisted his childhood friend Adolphe de Leuven. The list of contributors includes a few of Dumas’s acquaintances from his time in Paris, notably his colleagues at the offices of the Duke of Orléans. A notable contribution comes from Marceline Desbordes-Valmore, who would become a loyal friend of Dumas.
Dumas contributed two poems: ‘La Néréide’ and ‘L’Adolescent malade’.
- *La Psyché*. A Selection of Pieces in Verse and Prose, Dedicated to the Ladies. Paris, Carpentier-Méricourt, September 1826–1827; later Paris, Corréard the Younger, February 1829–1830.
12 parts in 6 in-18 volumes, green half-calf, smooth spines decorated with fillets and broad gilt roulettes, title and volume number labels in red and black morocco.
144 pp., 144 pp.; 144 pp., 144 pp.; 144 pp., 144 pp.; 138 pp., 144 pp.; 144 pp., 144 pp., 144 pp., 144 pp., frontispiece.
Each volume contains a play by Dumas: ‘Le Poète’ (October 1826) – ‘Le Siècle et la poésie’ (1827) – ‘Le Sylphe’ (February 1829) – ‘Rêverie’ (1829) – ‘La Peyrouse’ (May 1829) – ‘La Néréide’ and ‘L’Adolescent malade’ (1830) – Misraël (1829)
Munro, 5.
Minor flaws to the bindings, foxing.
- *Le Sélam*, Selected Unpublished Pieces of Contemporary Literature. Paris, Astoin, Levavasseur, 1834.
In-12, contemporary ice-blue calfskin, large embossed decoration on the covers, title and date gilt on the spine, gilt edges.
ix, 319 pp., [1 f.], 10 out-of-text vignettes.
The volume opens with ‘L’Embarquement’ by Dumas. Other authors include Marceline Desbordes-Valmore, the Duchess of Saint-Leu (Hortense de Beauharnais) and Chateaubriand…
Minor scuffing to the binding, small pinholes. A fine copy.
These works are extremely rare.
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