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92 - PEGUY (Charles): The Mystery of Joan of Arc’s Charity.
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Estimate CHF 1,000 - CHF 1,500
Description
PEGUY (Charles): The Mystery of Joan of Arc’s Charity. Paris, Cahiers de la Quinzaine, 1910; In-8°, brown morocco, ribbed spine, endpapers lined with havana morocco, brown satin endpapers, gilt edges, printed covers and spine intact, slipcase. Bound by SEMET and PLUMELLE. A very fine copy of one of Charles Péguy’s major works. One of five author’s copies numbered on paper from the Imperial Manufactories of Japan, printed for Mr Julien Crémieu; it bears the number d. The copy is untrimmed. A unique copy, it bears Péguy’s autograph dedication to the book’s printer, Julien Crémieu: ‘For Crémieux, a Jew, Péguy, a Christian’.
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About the sale AUCTION: Slatkine Library
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Auction time 09/22/2026 at 6:30 PM
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