CHARAVAY (Étienne). Autograph Letters from the Collection of - Lot 23

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CHARAVAY (Étienne). Autograph Letters from the Collection of - Lot 23
CHARAVAY (Étienne). Autograph Letters from the Collection of Mr. Alfred Bovet. Paris: Librairie Charavay frères, 1887. 2 substantial in-4° volumes, red half-maroquin, ribbed spine adorned with a gilt bookplate at the top, gilt head, covers preserved (Petitot). More than 1,500 facsimiles of letters, signatures, drawings, and seals as inserts. Printed in an edition of 500 copies; this one (no. 498) is one of 60 on white vellum. DEDICATION BY THE COLLECTOR AND THE EDITOR on the flyleaf: “To Mr. Maurice Tourneux[…]”. COPY ENRICHED WITH THREE ORIGINAL LETTERS from Alfred Bovet to Marcel Tourneux in which he discusses his collection of autographs (June 8, 1887; 6 pp., in-8°), (June 16, 1887; 3 pp., in-8°) & (June 21, 1887; 4 pp., in-8°); and a duplicate subscription form. From the libraries of Marcel Tourneux, with a dedication and an ex-libris on the spine; and Simone André Maurois, with an ex-libris.
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