BARBEY D'AUREVILLY (Jules).
Du Dandysme et de G. Brummel.
Caen : B. Mancel, 1845. - In-16, 144 x 112: vij, 118 pp. (2 ff. last blank). Fawn half-chagrin, spine decorated with false nerves, speckled edges (binding circa 1900).

The first edition published by Trébutien.

The print run, which Carteret estimated at only 30 copies, is, according to Marie Françoise Melmoux-Montaubin, at least 320 copies (cf. Barbey d'Aurevilly, Bibliographie, 2001, no. 246).

Exemplaire provenant de la bibliothèque de l'écrivain et critique littéraire Jacques Boulenger (1879-1944), avec son ex-libris illustré par Guy Arnoux (1886-1951).

Past spine and some wear. Brown mark left by a bookmark on the title and facing page.
Provenance: Jacques Boulenger, with bookplate.
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Lot no. 62

BARBEY D'AUREVILLY (Jules). Du Dandysme et de G. Brummel. Caen : B. Mancel, 1845. - In-16, 144 x 112: vij, 118 pp. (2 ff. last blank). Fawn half-chagrin, spine decorated with false nerves, speckled edges (binding circa 1900). The first edition published by Trébutien. The print run, which Carteret estimated at only 30 copies, is, according to Marie Françoise Melmoux-Montaubin, at least 320 copies (cf. Barbey d'Aurevilly, Bibliographie, 2001, no. 246). Exemplaire provenant de la bibliothèque de l'écrivain et critique littéraire Jacques Boulenger (1879-1944), avec son ex-libris illustré par Guy Arnoux (1886-1951). Past spine and some wear. Brown mark left by a bookmark on the title and facing page. Provenance: Jacques Boulenger, with bookplate.

Estimate
€500 - €700
Result
€631
Buyer's premium
30%
BARBEY D'AUREVILLY (Jules). Du Dandysme et de G. Brummel. Caen : B. Mancel, 1845. - In-16, 144 x 112: vij, 118 pp. (2 ff. last blank). Fawn half-chagrin, spine decorated with false nerves, speckled edges (binding circa 1900). The first edition published by Trébutien. The print run, which Carteret estimated at only 30 copies, is, according to Marie Françoise Melmoux-Montaubin, at least 320 copies (cf. Barbey d'Aurevilly, Bibliographie, 2001, no. 246). Exemplaire provenant de la bibliothèque de l'écrivain et critique littéraire Jacques Boulenger (1879-1944), avec son ex-libris illustré par Guy Arnoux (1886-1951). Past spine and some wear. Brown mark left by a bookmark on the title and facing page. Provenance: Jacques Boulenger, with bookplate.
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