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Maître Sylvie DAGOT
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BANVILLE (Théodore de): *Odes Funambulesques*.
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172
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BANVILLE (Théodore de): *Odes Funambulesques*.
See original version (French)
Estimate €10 - €15
Voluntary lot
Description
BANVILLE (Théodore de): *Odes Funambulesques*. Second edition, preceded by a letter from Victor Hugo, verses by Auguste Vacquerie and a letter to Théodore de Banville....by Hippolyte Babou. Paris, Lévy, 1859. Bradel wine-coloured half-cloth binding printed with a dotted pattern, title label. (Later binding) Some foxing, more pronounced on the first few leaves.
Second edition, with numerous alterations. It is not only an expanded edition, but also a revised one, in which fantasy takes precedence over satire. Having come under heavy criticism in 1857, Bainville made certain ‘amendments’—highly witty ones—in this new edition. He has not removed any irreverent pieces from his book. He has tempered their meaning by expanding them. V. Hugo, in his letter at the beginning of the book (in the first edition), was not mistaken. “You have built there one of the lyrical monuments of the century.... What wisdom in that laughter, what reason in that madness, and beneath those grimaces, what a painful and severe mask of the art of indignant thought! I love you, poet....”
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About the sale
1952 MOTOCONFORT 125 and 1900 MOTOBECANE B33A – Gold watches, gold coins and jewellery – Silver coins – Silverware – Paintings – Asia – Books - Stamps - Militaria - Ceramics - Antique earthenware - Works of art - Clocks - Sculptures - Furniture and carpets
Auction location
Auction time
10/31/2026 at 2:00 PM
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