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Par le fer et par le feu

1901130 x 190 mm

FIRST EDITION.
ONE OF 10 EX. ON JAPAN.
Beautiful binding signed Affolter.

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FIRST EDITION of this heroic novel translated by Count Wodzinski and Bronisław Kozakiewicz.

ONE OF 10 NUMBERED COPIES ON JAPON after 5 copies on Chine and before 30 copies on Hollande.

Frontispiece illustrated with armour from Houzard cuirassé, Jean Krétuski's regiment supplied by Henry Sienkiewicz.

A fine copy bound in the period by Paul Affolter.

Paris,Revue Blanche,1901.In-8, Bound,130 x 190 mm,718 [2] pp.

Half chocolate brown morocco with corners signed P. Affolter. Smooth spine richly decorated with gilt fillets, friezes, frames and fleurons. Cover and spine preserved, bookmark. Corners slightly dulled.

Bio

Henryk Sienkiewicz

Henryk Adam Aleksander Pius Sienkiewicz

(Wola Okrzejska: 5 May 1846 - Vevey: 15 November 1916)

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