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The King's Notebooks. In-12. - First edition.
See original version (French)
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The King's Notebooks. In-12. - First edition.
See original version (French)
Estimate €250 - €300
Voluntary lot
Description
The King's Notebooks. In-12. - First edition. One of the 10 first copies on hollande, the only large paper, numbered and initialled by hand by the publishers (n° 5). Enriched with a pen-and-ink drawing by Eugène Demolder (16.5 x 20.5 cm, folded) caricaturing Leopold II as "Félix Bamboula Ier, roi du Congo", enthroned next to "la Reine d'ébène" with whom "he had several children". - Prov. Raoul Simonson (gilt bookplate on blue leather).
See original version (French)
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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
Pictures credits: Contact the Auction House
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