RÉGNIER (Henri de).
The Jasper Cane. Monsieur d'Amercœur. Le Trèfle noir. Contes à soi-même.
Paris: Mercure de France, 1897. -In-12, 181x117: (2 ff. first blank), 316 pp. (2 ff. last blank), printed cover. Marbled calf, triple gilt fillet framing the boards, ornate ribbed spine, inner gilt roulette, gilt edges, cover preserved (E. Carayon).

Partly original edition.
One of 21 copies on Hollande paper, this one unnumbered, offered by the author to Pierre Louÿs, bearing this autograph letter signed on the first blank page:
  to Pierre Louÿs // his friend: // Henri de Régnier
Hinges partly split.
Provenance:
Pierre Louÿs, with dispatch from the author (sale 1926, no. 399).
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Lot no. 88

RÉGNIER (Henri de). The Jasper Cane. Monsieur d'Amercœur. Le Trèfle noir. Contes à soi-même. Paris: Mercure de France, 1897. -In-12, 181x117: (2 ff. first blank), 316 pp. (2 ff. last blank), printed cover. Marbled calf, triple gilt fillet framing the boards, ornate ribbed spine, inner gilt roulette, gilt edges, cover preserved (E. Carayon). Partly original edition. One of 21 copies on Hollande paper, this one unnumbered, offered by the author to Pierre Louÿs, bearing this autograph letter signed on the first blank page: to Pierre Louÿs // his friend: // Henri de Régnier Hinges partly split. Provenance: Pierre Louÿs, with dispatch from the author (sale 1926, no. 399).

Estimate
€400 - €600
Result
€562
Buyer's premium
28%
RÉGNIER (Henri de). The Jasper Cane. Monsieur d'Amercœur. Le Trèfle noir. Contes à soi-même. Paris: Mercure de France, 1897. -In-12, 181x117: (2 ff. first blank), 316 pp. (2 ff. last blank), printed cover. Marbled calf, triple gilt fillet framing the boards, ornate ribbed spine, inner gilt roulette, gilt edges, cover preserved (E. Carayon). Partly original edition. One of 21 copies on Hollande paper, this one unnumbered, offered by the author to Pierre Louÿs, bearing this autograph letter signed on the first blank page: to Pierre Louÿs // his friend: // Henri de Régnier Hinges partly split. Provenance: Pierre Louÿs, with dispatch from the author (sale 1926, no. 399).
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