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Two fine provenance records
See original version (French)
135
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Two fine provenance records
See original version (French)
Estimate €100 - €150
Voluntary lot
Description
Two fine provenance records
- Alexandre DUMAS the Younger. Letter to Mr Naquet. Paris, Calmann Lévy, 1882.
Small 8vo, full cloth with floral decoration, covers intact, untrimmed, bookplate, dedication.
[2 ff.], 47 pp.
First edition. 1 of 30 copies numbered on Holland paper (no. 15), featuring a dedicatory inscription to Alice Ozi [sic].
From the library of Alidor Delzant, bearing his bookplate.
- Alexandre DUMAS the Younger. Montigny. 8 March 1880. Paris, Quantin Imprimeur, (1880).
In-8 booklet, full green percaline, covers intact, dedicatory inscription.
12 pp. The cover serves as the title page. The first page bears the inscription ‘To Didier Montigny’.
Text of the speech delivered by Dumas the Younger at the graveside of his friend Montigny, headmaster of the Gymnase and husband of the actress Rose Chéri.
Dedication to Alice Ozi [sic]
The delightful Alice Ozy, an actress and woman of the world, who was careful to choose her suitors. Among them were the Duke of Aumale, the banker Perrégaux, Théophile Gautier, Chassériau and Charles, the son of Victor Hugo. It does not appear that Dumas Fils was her lover.
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