AUBIGNÉ (Agrippa d'). The Adventures of the Baron de Faenest - Lot 24

AUBIGNÉ (Agrippa d'). The Adventures of the Baron de Faeneste. Au Dezert, Printed at the author’s expense, 1630. In-8, red morocco, blind-stamped fillets, spine decorated with blind-stamped fillets, interior lace, edges gilt on marbled paper (Duru 1855). A collected edition of the four parts of this satirical novel, dated to the original publication. It is considered by Hector de Backer to be a counterfeit (Tchemerzine, vol. I, p. 175). A fine copy in a Duru binding, from the Léon Rattier library (bookplate). Small black marks on the binding.

Estimate:$688.7

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