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Militona [...]. In-8° paper. - Portrait and 10 compositions …
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642
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Militona [...]. In-8° paper. - Portrait and 10 compositions …
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Estimate €250 - €400
Voluntary lot
Description
Militona [...]. In-8° paper. - Portrait and 10 compositions by Adrien Moreau engraved by Auguste Lamotte: 1 bandeau, 8 h.-t. and 1 culispice. Edition of 500 copies, one of the 150 first copies reprinted on Japan grey paper or Marais vellum, this one on Japon (no. 20 initialled by the publisher), with 2 sets of engravings: pure etching and before the letter. Enriched with the gr. frontispiece portrait by Émile Thérond for "Émaux et camées" (ed. 1858), printed on chine (volant). - Vicaire III:904. - Joint, same author and publisher: Le petit chien de la marquise. Preface by Maurice Tourneux [...]. 1893. In-12. Raspberry morocco with gilt decoration by Gruel, covers on boards (rubbed at spines, nerves, headpieces and edges). 21 compositions by Louis Morin, covers illustrated in colour. 1/150 (of 500 numbered copies) on white wove paper (no. 123) with watercoloured engravings and a black suite. Vicaire III:943. Prov. cold-stamped monogram "JSW" on upper lining. - Francis Kettaneh (gilt bookplate on blue morocco). (2 vols.)
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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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