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766 - Our children. Scenes from town and country.
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Estimate €250 - €350
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Our children. Scenes from town and country. Illustrations by M. B. de Monvel. In-fo. (slight traces of very marg. wetness at head with discharge in colour on false title). - Rare first edition illustrated with 24 charming chromolithographs h.t. and in-text in black by Louis-Maurice Boutet de Monvel. One of the "few ex. (Carteret) on japon with 2 variants of the illustrated cover, 1 grey-blue and 1 in shades of red, enriched with the illustrated covers in colour of the reprint in 2 vols. published in 1900 by Hachette under the titles "Nos enfants" and "Filles et garçons". - Carteret ref. I:281. - Joint: Id. - Les désirs de Jean Servien. Paris, "Le Livre", 1924. In-12 (small foxing at bottom of one plate). Jansenist black morocco. In lined slipcase. Fine copy. First ed. ill. with 19 lithographs and woodcuts by Fernand Siméon. 1/930 (of 1000 ex. and 30 h.c.) on Voiron vellum (n° 577). (2 vols.)
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Auction time 06/25/2026 at 1:00 PM
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