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Romantic bibliophiles did not let this rare edition featuring an enigmatic handwritten message slip out of their hands.
Henri Beyle aka Stendhal (1783-1842), Le Rouge et le Noir (Red and Black), A. Levasseur, Paris, 1831, first edition in two octavo volumes, half-title, title embellished with a vignette by Henry Monnier engraved by Porret, period black half-calf binding and coded autograph envoi by the author.
Result: €89,600
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