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Maître Paul PASTAUD

1160 - MENDÈS (Catulle). Parisian Monsters. Paris, Available from a…
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Estimate €50 - €80
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MENDÈS (Catulle). Parisian Monsters. Paris, Available from all booksellers, 1883. 10 parts bound in 2 in-12 volumes in red half-shagreen, decorated ribbed spine, title, volume number and date gilt on the spine, gilt head, colour illustrated covers preserved (contemporary binding). 10 etched frontispieces. A few foxing spots. Ex-libris J.M. “All these Parisian monsters, portrayed without mercy, etched in acid, depicted in the defiance of their vice by a master artist and writer, have appeared one by one in a daily newspaper, and many have been able to savour the exquisiteness of the style and the beautiful form of these diabolical tales which Mendès might have called *Les Damnés* or, following Montaigne’s example, *Les Verrues parisiennes*. This book is a museum of horrors, but a moralising one like Dupuytren’s, in which all the exhibits are presented to the public with the utmost tact. (Le Livre.)” in Gay III, 276.
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About the sale MONTIGNAC – 31st BOOK SALE – Day 3 of 4 – Nos. 1085 to 1642
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Auction time 08/21/2026 at 2:00 PM
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