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MARAMBAT - de MALAFOSSE

50 - [FENCING]. MARS [Pseudonym of Maurice BONVOISIN].
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Estimate €200 - €300
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[FENCING]. MARS [Pseudonym of Maurice BONVOISIN]. FENCING AT THE ÉLYSÉE. Profiles of the fencers. Preface by A. Tavernier. Portrait of the author by Carolus Duran. P., Ateliers de Reproductions Artistiques, 1882. Bradel folio, cream cloth, large title label with special gilt embossing; aubergine-coloured cloth glued to the front cover, plain, unmarked spine (contemporary binding) (3) folios, 4 pages of preface, (1) folio listing the portraits. Small 2 cm tear at the upper joint. ORIGINAL ILLUSTRATED EDITION comprising 38 plates of PORTRAITS on tinted backgrounds, all mounted on tabs and accompanied by captioned borders. Limited edition of 100 numbered copies; this is the AUTHOR’S COPY (no. 100), bearing the author’s name and autograph signature in the margin. The portraits depict figures from the worlds of politics, business, the press, the arts, etc., all dressed as fencers, foil in hand, except for Mars, sketched by Carolus Duran: Daniel Wilson, Paul Camuset, Auguste Dreyfus, Félix Faure, Léon Grévy, Aurélien Scholl, Baron R. Seillière, etc. Copy in EXCELLENT CONDITION, fresh, without the slightest foxing.
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Auction time 11/12/2026 at 2:00 PM
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