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FIRST EDITION of the first biography of Paul de Saint-Victor, complete with the author's engraved frontispiece etching.

ONE OF 15 NUMBERED COPIES ON HOLLANDE. 

THE AUTHOR'S COPY, FULL OF AUTOGRAPH DOCUMENTS.
As usual, Alidor Delzant has added a number of autographed items to the copy:

• In a passage recalling the author's youth : a signed autograph by Paul de Saint-Victor listing posts requested by voters. It was intended for Alphonse Lamartine, who was minister at the time and whose assistant he was.
• In the chapter about Alice Ozi, a friend of the author whom he courted for a long time:
  an autograph letter signed by the famous actress Alice Ozi, : "[...]No need to warn you. I'll be waiting for you until next Thursday, every day from 1am to 3pm. […]"
• In the chapter on the meeting between Saint-Victor and the Goncourt brothers : an autograph note from Edmond de Goncourt, list of acquisitions and information.
•   An autograph letter signed by Alphonse Lamartine: "M. Lamartine asks the editor of the Lettre to give M. de St Victor, the bearer of this note, any proofs he may have of the Confidences [...]"
• In the passage dealing with the writing of his book Aeschylus, an autograph preparatory note by Paul de Saint-Victor.
• An autograph poem by Paul de Saint-Victortwo quatrains.

A very elegant copy, tastefully bound in full Bradel vellum with small flaps; it was probably bound by Pierson, who almost exclusively bound works by Alidor Delzant.

From the library of Alidor Delzant with his large engraved bookplate.