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Les bas-fonds de la société Gr.
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472
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Les bas-fonds de la société Gr.
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Estimate €200 - €300
Voluntary lot
Description
Les bas-fonds de la société Gr. in-8° : [8]-267-[3] pp. (wetness at bottom of 1st quire, last f. partly detached with small tear) - Original second edition (with the exception of the first 3 plays, which appeared in "Les scènes populaires"). The work was condemned in 1865 for offending public morals. Enriched with: title-frontispiece by Félicien Rops used for the 1864 edition, in 2 states: in black and in sanguine,- L.A.S. from the printer [to Henry Kistemaeckers], Paris, 2-04-1881, 1 p. on paper with his mark and mention "ancien imprimeur", to subscribe to "Contes grivois [du dix-huitième siècle]". - Ref. Vicaire V:1018-1019. - BGL I:358-359. - Pia 113. - Dutel A-131. - Rouir 891.4. - Prov. Jacques Odry (gilt bookplate on red bookplate).
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About the sale
Prints & Drawings, Photographs & Comics, Rare Books, Atlases & Manuscripts, Surrealism, Congo, Erotica & Ballets russes
Auction location
Auction time
06/25/2026 at 1:00 PM
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