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Colomba – Le plus beau rêve d’un millionnaire

1840101 x 157 mm

Very rare FIRST EDITION IN LIBRARIES

750 

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FIRST EDITION IN BOOKSHOPS.

This Belgian preface, based on the publication of the Review of the two worldswas published 10 months before the first French edition, to which Mérimée made a number of changes.

Hardback: GOZLAN (Léon). A millionaire's greatest dream. Brussels, Société belge de librairie, Hauman et Ce, 1841.

A precious copy in a charming period binding with romantic decoration.

Very rare. 

Brussels,Société belge de librairie,1841.In 16, Bound,101 x 157 mm,[2] ff. - 236 pp. - [1] f. - 194 pp. .

Bound in contemporary aubergine half calf, smooth spine decorated throughout with gilt designs, gilt title. Some light foxing and light wetness on some leaves.

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Prosper Mérimée

(Paris: September 28, 1803 - Cannes: September 23, 1870)

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