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206 - PELADAN, Joséphin and KHNOPFF, Fernand.
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Estimate €150 - €300
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Description
PELADAN, Joséphin and KHNOPFF, Fernand. Istar. Paris, G. Edinger, 1888. In-8 (26 x 16 cm), paperback, cloth-bound cover. XVIII-490 pp., soft varnish on the frontispiece. Cover faded by sunlight. First edition featuring a spectacular soft-glaze frontispiece by Fernand Khnopff. Printed in a run of 120 copies in this in-8 format (there is also a version in in-16 format), this being one of 100 on Holland paper, numbered from 21 to 120; it bears the number 30 and the publisher’s signature on the colophon. The novel *Istar* is the fifth part of Péladan’s *Ethopée* on Latin customs, begun in 1884 and comprising 21 parts in total (the last of which was published in 1925). A very fine, uncut copy.
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Auction time 11/02/2026 at 2:00 PM
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