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1893120 x 190 mm

INSCRIBED AND SIGNED.
From Pierre Bergé's library.

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Second edition of Stéphane Mallarmé's preface, first published in 1876.
Mallarmé adds a short text presenting this edition for the "Public a more traditional format. "My opinion is that the volume will occupy its rightful place among the masterpieces of the Petits Maîtres in the classic collections, with the added novelty."

SIGNED AUTOGRAPH CONSIGNMENT :

"To Mr Roëhn
very nice tribute from
Stéphane Mallarmé"

From the library of Pierre Bergé, bookplate.

 

Paris,Perrin,1893.In-12, Softcover120 x 190 mm,[1ff] I-XLVII, 207 pp.

Lined cover, some damage to spine.

 

Bio

William Thomas Beckford

(London: 1 October 1760 - Bath: 2 May 1844)

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Stéphane Mallarmé

Étienne Mallarmé, known as Stéphane Mallarmé (born in Paris on 18 March 1842 and died on 9 September 1898, in Valvins - commune of Vulaines-sur-Seine, Seine-et-Marne)

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