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a picture of a painting of butterflies and other thingspainting of a bird perched on a tree branch with a blue sky in the backgroundtwo books in a brown box on a white surfacean old book with a bird on the cover and a bird on the coveran old book with a bird on the front and a bird on the backa close up of a book with red writing on itpainting of a stag sitting in the grass next to a treepainting of a bat flying over a city at night with a full moon in the background
Maître Paul PASTAUD

1808 - GENEVOIX (Maurice). Bestiary. Paris, Nouvelle librairie de F…
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Estimate €30 - €40
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GENEVOIX (Maurice). Bestiary. Paris, Nouvelle librairie de France, 1977. 2 quarto volumes in the publisher’s beige sheepskin binding, the first two volumes featuring gilt decoration, and 1 supplementary volume in a slipcase, all housed in a shared slipcase. Original colour illustrations by the author. Print run of 2,016 copies; no. 113 of 125, accompanied by 2 sets printed on Vercors vellum and 2 sets on Arches vellum. Excluding the 2 signed original lithographs, the sets are composite and incomplete.
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About the sale MONTIGNAC – 31st BOOK SALE – Day 4 of 4 – Nos. 1643 to 1970
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Auction time 08/22/2026 at 11:00 AM
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