BILLY (André). Sainte-Beuve: His Life and Times. • The Roman - Lot 111

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BILLY (André). Sainte-Beuve: His Life and Times. • The Roman - Lot 111
BILLY (André). Sainte-Beuve: His Life and Times. • The Romantic. 1804–1848. •• The Epicurean. 1848–1869. Paris: Flammarion, Publisher, n.d. [1952]. 2 volumes, in-8°, turquoise morocco, double border of gilt and blind-stamped fillets adorning the covers, fleurons at the corners, decorated ribbed spine, gilt headband, untrimmed, original cover preserved, standard slipcase (V. Granghaud). Printed in a run of 90 numbered copies; this one (No. 16) is one of the 30 first-edition copies on lana paper. SENT BY THE AUTHOR, as indicated on the half-titles, to Madame Maurois. Copy enriched with 4 autograph letters from Charles-Augustin Sainte-Beuve: a request for permission to print a bibliographical note written for him (March 1854; 1 p., in-8°); a list of several postscripts to be added to his latest dispatch, mentioning Janin, Dumas, de Maistre, Villemain, and Eugène Sue (July 31, 1843; 7 pp., in-12); a letter to “My dear Olivier […],” mentioning a workers’ journal, Eugène Sue’s *The Mysteries of Paris*, Béranger... (October 6, 1843; 3 pp., in-16); and a letter to “My dear Olivier […]” (May 2, 1844; 4 pp., in-12). Spines worn. From the Simone André Maurois library, with bookplate.
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