Lot n° 37
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[Mary MARQUET] Set of 4 books from the library of the French - Lot 37
[Mary MARQUET] Set of 4 books from the library of the French actress Mary Marquet (1895-1979), who appeared in films, on television from the 1960s, and especially in the theater, where she was a member of the Comédie-Française for seventeen years, from 1928 to 1945:
- Villiers de l'Isle-Adam. Complete works VII. La Révolte - L'Evasion - Le nouveau Monde. Paris, 1925, in-12 paperback. Actress's personal copy, annotated in her own hand for "La Révolte": passages crossed out, some annotated for staging, or rewritten.
- Gaston CHERAU. La Volupté du Mal. Paris, Ferenczi, 1930, in-12 bound in half-basane, cover preserved. Autograph letter from the author to the "great artist whom I deeply admire".
- BIENSTOCK and CURNONSKY. Le Livre de Chevet. Paris, Crès, 1927, in-12 bound in half calf with corners, worn, with traces of burning, illustrated cover preserved. One of 25 hors-commerce copies on laid paper, at full margins (n°G) printed especially for Mary Marquet.
- Max FISCHER. Anneaux de la chaîne... Flammarion, 1930, bound in full rubbed basane, cover and spine preserved. Justified H.C. copy, on Hollande, with full margins.
Also included:
- VIRGILE. Les Bucoliques, précédées de plusieurs Idylles de Théocrite, de Bion et de Moschus; suivies de tous les passages de Théocrite que Virgile a imités. Translated into French verse by Firmin Didot.
Paris, 1806, in-12 bound in half-basane, spines rubbed, smooth spine. Translator's handwritten ex-dono.
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