Beautiful Classic Library of a French Literature Enthusiast
Tuesday, February 17, 3pm
For over 40 years, a bibliophile and avid reader, our collector has assembled fine copies of classic works, mostly in first editions, spanning the 18th to the 20th century.
Highlights include the first edition of Helvétius, De l’esprit (1758) (€600–800); the rare first edition of Choderlos de Laclos, Les Liaisons dangereuses (Type A, 1782) (€3,000–4,000). From Stendhal, the first editions of De l’Amour (1822) (€2,000–3,000) and Le Rouge et le Noir (1831), in a fine binding by Huser (€6,000–8,000); a large-paper copy of the first edition of Gautier, Émaux et camées (1852) (€2,000–3,000); Verlaine, Poèmes saturniens (1866), here with a presentation inscription (€2,000–3,000); Proust, first edition of À la recherche du temps perdu (1913–1927), bound by Alix (€6,000–8,000); and a fine copy of Radiguet, Le Diable au corps (1923), one of 50 on Hollande paper, in a Semet & Plumelle binding (€2,000–3,000).
The collection also includes works by Diderot, Chateaubriand, Vigny, Mérimée, Flaubert, Vallès, Gobineau, Huysmans, Alain-Fournier, as well as modern illustrated books and various other lots.
Jean de La Fontaine
LA FONTAINE. Fables choisies. Bouillon, 1776.
Beautiful illustrated edition of Oudry’s Figures.
Charming copy in emerald green morocco binding.
€600-€800
Stendhal
STENDHAL. Le Rouge et le noir. 1831.
Fine copy of the first edition,
bound by Huser.
€6,000-€8,000
Raymond Radiguet
RADIGUET (Raymond) Le Diable au corps. Grasset, 1923.
Rare first edition.
One of 50 copies on Hollande paper, in a Semet & Plumelle binding.
€2,000-€3,000
A LITERARY ENTHUSIAST’S CLASSIC LIBRARY
Tuesday, February 17, 3pm
Tajan, 37 rue des Mathurins, 75008 Paris
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