HÉRÉDIA (José-Maria de). *Les Trophées*. Paris: Alphonse Lem - Lot 196

HÉRÉDIA (José-Maria de). *Les Trophées*. Paris: Alphonse Lemerre, 1893. In-8, red morocco leather, triple gold fillet, decorated spine, interior fillet and garland, gilt head, cover and spine (Champs). First edition. Copy on heavy vellum with the title printed in red. Included is the autograph manuscript of the poem *Le Tombeau du conquérant* (The Tomb of the Conqueror), celebrating Hernando de Soto, with several unpublished variants and this autograph note: The Spaniards, after dressing their dead captain in his armor, sank him to the bottom of the Mississippi, which he had just discovered. Small stains on the front cover.

Estimate:£857.5

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