VIGNY (Alfred de). The Consultations of the Black Doctor. Stello or the Blue Devils. By Count Alfred de Vigny. First Consultation. Paris : Librairie Charles Gosselin, Eugène Renduel, 1832. - In-8, black half-maroquin with long grain, gilt fillet, spine ribbed and decorated, gilt edges (late 19th or early 20th century binding). First edition illustrated with three off-text compositions on chine by Tony Johannot, wood-engraved by Brevière. The second consultation, although announced in press on the verso of the false title, did not appear until 1913, under the title of "Daphne". PRECIOUS EXAMPLE BY TONY JOHANNOT, AUTHOR OF 3 ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE BOOK, bearing this autograph dispatch on the false title: " M. Tony Johannot // His friend // Alfred de Vigny // June 5, 1832 " Small cracks at the hinges. Freckles, restoration to a corner of the first leaves.
Estimate
€2,000 - €3,000
Result
Not sold
Buyer's premium
25%
VIGNY (Alfred de).
The Consultations of the Black Doctor. Stello or the Blue Devils. By Count Alfred de Vigny. First Consultation.
Paris : Librairie Charles Gosselin, Eugène Renduel, 1832. - In-8, black half-maroquin with long grain, gilt fillet, spine ribbed and decorated, gilt edges (late 19th or early 20th century binding).
First edition illustrated with three off-text compositions on chine by Tony Johannot, wood-engraved by Brevière.
The second consultation, although announced in press on the verso of the false title, did not appear until 1913, under the title of "Daphne".
PRECIOUS EXAMPLE BY TONY JOHANNOT, AUTHOR OF 3 ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE BOOK, bearing this autograph dispatch on the false title:
" M. Tony Johannot // His friend // Alfred de Vigny // June 5, 1832 "
Small cracks at the hinges. Freckles, restoration to a corner of the first leaves.
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