Lot n° 371
Estimation :
600 - 800
EUR
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Result
: 559EUR
Guy de Maupassant, Bel-Ami. - Lot 371
Guy de Maupassant, Bel-Ami.
Paris, Victor Havard, 1885.
In-12, [4]-441-[3bl.]p.
First edition of this important realist novel, first serialized in Gil Blas. Binding signed Jadis (on the slipcase), full bottle-green morocco with foliage decoration, ribbed spine, gilt head, covers preserved (without the spine) and lined, untrimmed, a few freckles, slipcase lined. This is not a mosaic binding, but a decorated binding. The motifs are painted, as if lacquered, with ironwork to delimit each part.
An astonishingly fine copy of one of Maupassant's great novels.
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