♦ A History Without a Name. Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, 1882. In-8, olive morocco, jansenist, interior lace, gilt edges on witnesses, cover (Chambolle-Duru).
First edition.
One of the few copies on Hollande laid paper.
Copy of Prince Alexandre Bibesco (1842-1911), bearing his monogram in gilt on the first plate.
It contains this signed letter from the author:
I know nothing like this stupid racket on which your name dances that is called glory, to make people love the darkness which does not evoke any precise recipient and was printed in the Yellow Dwarf, n°373 of April 7, 1867, alongside other thoughts and maxims of the author. However, it could well fit in with the sporting activities of Prince Bibesco, an experienced mountaineer.
Alexandre Bibesco, a whimsical writer, had a magnificent library in his beautiful hotel on the rue de Courcelles in Paris. His wife's salon was famous and frequented by many musicians, artists, and writers, including Anatole France and Marcel Proust, who lived in rue de Courcelles at the time. Her son, Antoine, became friends with Marcel Proust until the latter's death in 1922.
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