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ROUFF, Marcel. La vie et la passion de Dodin-Bouffant, Paris: Societ Litteraire de France, 1920. 8, contemporary calf, wrappers bound in (a few very minor marginal tears, not affecting text). FIRST EDITION.
With 42 other volumes, including Estienne Iodelle Les Oeuvres (Paris, 1868-70, 2 vols., limited to 250 copies) in crimson half morocco, Alice Hurtrel Les aventures romanesques d'un Comte d'Artois (Paris, 1883, limited to 60 copies) in olive morocco with coloured onlays in the shape of oak leaves, Baronne Coche de la Fert Feuilles parses. Posies (Chartres, 1905, presentation copy from the author to Mademoiselle de Neuflize), in morocco-backed boards, and 2 letters, each uniformly bound by M. J. Masson in green morocco with fish-pattern endpapers, one from "M. Moreau Gouverneur de la Banque de France remerciant pour un envoi de truites pches par M. Jacques de Neuflize," 22 April 1929, the other a similar letter from Madame Jeanne Granier to Neuflize, July 1930, also including a photograph of herself fishing. (42)
With 42 other volumes, including Estienne Iodelle Les Oeuvres (Paris, 1868-70, 2 vols., limited to 250 copies) in crimson half morocco, Alice Hurtrel Les aventures romanesques d'un Comte d'Artois (Paris, 1883, limited to 60 copies) in olive morocco with coloured onlays in the shape of oak leaves, Baronne Coche de la Fert Feuilles parses. Posies (Chartres, 1905, presentation copy from the author to Mademoiselle de Neuflize), in morocco-backed boards, and 2 letters, each uniformly bound by M. J. Masson in green morocco with fish-pattern endpapers, one from "M. Moreau Gouverneur de la Banque de France remerciant pour un envoi de truites pches par M. Jacques de Neuflize," 22 April 1929, the other a similar letter from Madame Jeanne Granier to Neuflize, July 1930, also including a photograph of herself fishing. (42)
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(Rouff, M)
La vie et la passion de Dodin-Bouffant
There are 41 additional volumes in this lot, not 42 as stated in the catalogue. The total number of volumes is correctly given as 42
La vie et la passion de Dodin-Bouffant
There are 41 additional volumes in this lot, not 42 as stated in the catalogue. The total number of volumes is correctly given as 42