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Alexandre DUMAS FILS. The Clémenceau Affair.
See original version (French)
119
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Alexandre DUMAS FILS. The Clémenceau Affair.
See original version (French)
Estimate €200 - €300
Voluntary lot
Description
Alexandre DUMAS FILS. The Clémenceau Affair. Memoirs of the Accused. Paris. Michel Lévy, 1866.
In-8, full taupe morocco, spine with 5 raised bands (worn), silk endpapers and headband, gilt head, untrimmed (Bound by Kieffer).
[2 ff], 353 pp. Special edition of 100 copies on Holland paper (no. 73). This special edition, not released for sale, was presented by Dumas fils to his friends
It is supplemented by:
- 3 autograph signed letters by Alexandre Dumas fils. 4 pp. in-8, 1 p. in-12.
- A set of 10 etchings by Albert Besnard in two states, and the frontispiece in five states.
The confessions of a murderer to his lawyer. The illegitimate son of a self-sacrificing laundress (well, well… Alexander II’s mother was a seamstress), Pierre Clémenceau, through sheer hard work, becomes a famous sculptor. He marries a demi-mondaine, Iza, who cheats on him on several occasions. One day, driven mad by jealousy, he kills her.
The illegitimate child and the murder of the adulterous wife are recurring themes in the work of Dumas fils.
Vicaire III, 469.
Enclosed:
- A set of original etchings by Albert Besnard for *L’Affaire Clémenceau*. Paris, Le Livre Contemporain, 1905, canvas-bound portfolio with flaps.
In-8, in sheets. A print run of 100 copies intended for members of the Society; no. 56 to Mr J. Le Petit.
Frontispiece in 5 states, double state of the etchings.
- Alexandre DUMAS Fils. The Clémenceau Affair. The Accused’s Statement. Illustrations by Alexandre Lippmann. Paris, Calmann Lévy, 1909.
8vo, publisher’s full cloth binding, covers preserved.
126 pp., [1 f.], in-text illustrations by Alexandre Lippmann. He was married to Colette Dumas and was the son-in-law of Alexandre Dumas the Younger.
See original version (French)
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