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All auctions / Books, Maps & Manuscripts / GONCOURT (Edmond and Jules de). The Life of Marie Antoinette - Lot 237
GONCOURT (Edmond and Jules de). The Life of Marie Antoinette. Afterword by J.-H. Rosny the Elder. Definitive edition. Paris, Flammarion and Fasquelle, n.d. In-12, red shagreen, Louis XVI’s coat of arms gilded on the covers, interior lace, gilded head on endpapers, cover and spine (contemporary binding). Portrait of Queen Marie-Antoinette as a frontispiece. One of 50 copies printed on Marais vellum. A copy specially printed for Léon Daudet (1867–1942), who subsequently gave it to his muse and woman of letters, Haydée Magnus Level (1903–1991). It bears a signed dedication by Léon Daudet and contains an autograph letter from the writer to his dear friend (one in-12 page on mourning paper, with envelope attached). From the Haydée Magnus Level library, featuring her large stenciled bookplate by Lucien Laforge. A 7-cm tear along the spine.
Estimate:£340.89
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