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ESCOFFIER, Maurice (1879-1959) -- Le Mouvement romantique, 1788-1850. Essai de bibliographie synchronique et méthodique. Précédé d'une lettre à l'Académie Française sur l'édition originale et suivi de notes et documents sur le même sujet par Maurice Escoffier, professeur à l'École des Sciences Politiques. Paris: Maison du Bibliophile and L. Giraud-Badin, 27 November 1934.
8o (245 x 160 mm). Bound for Martin Breslauer ca 1935 by Heinrich, Berlin in grayish-brown half morocco gilt and marbled paper boards, original wrappers bound in.
1,903 lots, printed prices realized for lots 501-900, and principal buyers for 814-1,147 & 1,709-1,899. This sale catalogue has become an indispensable reference work on the romantic literature in France and is Escoffier's principal work. -- [Laid in]: E. LOEWY. La Question de la seconde édition d'Adolphe résolue définitivement. Paris, 1951.
[With:] ESCOFFIER, Maurice -- Collection M.E. Livres anciens et modernes. Paris: L. Giraud-Badin, 18 May 1933. 4o. Color plates. Half vellum, original wrappers bound in.
Escoffier headed the bookselling firm "Maison du Bibliophile" from 1931 onward, forming and selling collections; the above appears to be the earliest of that series, consisting of extraordinary copies of French sixteenth to nineteenth century literature. Blogie II, col. 321. (2)
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1,903 lots, printed prices realized for lots 501-900, and principal buyers for 814-1,147 & 1,709-1,899. This sale catalogue has become an indispensable reference work on the romantic literature in France and is Escoffier's principal work. -- [Laid in]: E. LOEWY. La Question de la seconde édition d'Adolphe résolue définitivement. Paris, 1951.
[With:] ESCOFFIER, Maurice -- Collection M.E. Livres anciens et modernes. Paris: L. Giraud-Badin, 18 May 1933. 4
Escoffier headed the bookselling firm "Maison du Bibliophile" from 1931 onward, forming and selling collections; the above appears to be the earliest of that series, consisting of extraordinary copies of French sixteenth to nineteenth century literature. Blogie II, col. 321. (2)