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Gaspard de la nuit

1895130 x 170 mm

FIRST EDITION AT MERCURE DE FRANCE.
ONE OF 7 EX. ON JAPON IMPÉRIAL PAPER

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THIRD EDITION; first published by Mercure de France.

ONE OF 7 NUMBERED COPIES ON JAPON IMPÉRIAL PAPER after 7 copies on Chine and 7 copies on whatman, followed by 20 copies on Hollande and 258 copies on vergé.

Handwritten bookplate on title page dated 14 April 1895, from a Portuguese collector in Coimbra, who has pasted on the flyleaf the advertisement for the sale of the work with the handwritten words: "Catalogue des publications du Mercure de France, n°20 décembre 1899". Bookplate of Pedro Joyce Diniz and engraved bookplate of RH.

Paris,Mercure de France,1895.In-8, Bound,130 x 170 mm,250 [5] pp.

Early 20th century binding, full burgundy basane, smooth spine, gilt title and date, gilt head, framed spine and boards. Cover and spine preserved, bookmark.

Bio

Aloysius Bertrand

Louis Jacques Napoléon Bertrand

(Ceva, Piedmont: 20 April 1807 - Paris: 29 April 1841)

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