[HOLY WEEK]. The Office of Holy Week[…]. Paris: Printed by J - Lot 5

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[HOLY WEEK]. The Office of Holy Week[…]. Paris: Printed by J - Lot 5
[HOLY WEEK]. The Office of Holy Week[…]. Paris: Printed by Jacques Collombat, Printer, 1741. Large 8vo, red morocco leather, covers adorned with a large gilt plaque featuring a fanfare, coat of arms, and monogram in the center; ribbed spine decorated with lilies; gilt edges (contemporary binding). Engraved frontispiece and frontispiece title page. COPY ENRICHED WITH TWO AUTOGRAPH LETTERS by the playwright and librettist Robert de Flers (1872–1927), a friend and classmate of Marcel Proust, addressed to Madame Eugène Pouquet, including one expressing condolences on the death of her husband Eugène Pouquet (3 pp., in-8°) and the other accompanying this book, which he was presenting to her and “which will look lovely on a table belonging to your dear Essendiéras […].” From the Victorien Sardou Library (Marly), with bookplate. Robert de Flers was Victorien Sardou’s son-in-law, having married his daughter Geneviève in 1901. Edges worn. INTERESTING PROVENANCE for this VERY BEAUTIFUL COPY FEATURING THE COAT OF ARMS OF LOUIS XV. 19TH-CENTURY BOOKS ORIGINAL ROMANTIC EDITIONS
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