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KÂ- MONDO / KAPANDJI MORHANGE

289 - VIGNY, Alfred de and LE BLANT, Julien.
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Estimate €150 - €250
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Description
VIGNY, Alfred de and LE BLANT, Julien. Military Servitude and Grandeur. Paris, Librairie des Bibliophiles, Jouaust, 1885. In-8 (20.5 x 13 cm), full red morocco, decorated spine, gilt fillets framing the covers, fillets on the edges. Wide gilt lace framing the inside covers, bookbinder’s name at the bottom of the front inside cover. Gilt edges on endpapers. Covers and spine preserved. VII and 287 pp. Slight stain on the upper cover. Deluxe edition, illustrated with a portrait of the author and three etched plates by Champollion based on drawings by Julien Le Blant. A limited print run comprising 150 copies, including 10 on Japanese paper in three states, 20 on Chinese paper and 20 on Whatman paper with double proofs, and 100 on Holland paper in sheet form. This uncollated copy is on fine vellum paper. A classic work comprising three short stories: ‘Laurette, or The Red Seal’, ‘The Vigil at Vincennes’ and ‘The Life and Death of Captain Renaud, or The Reed Cane’. A fine copy printed on vellum, untrimmed, bound in an attractive binding by Pétrus Ruban. Pétrus Ruban was one of the great bookbinders of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Born in Villefranche-sur-Saône in 1851, he practised in Paris from 1879 to 1910; he passed away in Neuilly on 21 April 1929, aged 79. He had set up his first workshop at 16 Rue Dauphine, before moving it to 9 Rue de Savoie in 1896.
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Auction time 11/02/2026 at 2:00 PM
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