REF. 0010

Cornélie Falcon

Charles Bouvet
Publisher
Félix Alcan
Place
Paris
Date
1927
Format
In-8 (210 x 150 mm)
Binding
Barroué
Collation
(1) f.-II-151 pp.
Language
French
Century
20th century
Distinctive features
From the library of Germaine de Rothschild

Condition report

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BOUVET Charles. Cornélie Falcon.
Paris, Librairie Felix Alcan, 1927.

In-8 (210 x 150 mm): [1] f.-II-151 pp. Covers and spine preserved. Light-brown half-basane with corners, separated by gilt fillet, spine gilt, title and author in dark-brown basane with simple gilt fillet framing top and bottom, collector's monogram at tail of spine, gilt head (Barroué). 

Original edition.
Current edition, illustrated with 8 heliogravure plates. Forgotten, Cornélie Falcon was a singer at the Paris Opera in the 1830s. Presentation copy from the author to Baroness Edouard de Rothschild: “a Madame la Baronne Edouard de Rothschild, hommage respectueux et dévoué. Charles Bouvet 1927”. 

Slight wear to spine and upper corner of second board.

From the Germaine de Rothschild library; her monogram “G.R.” on the tail of the spine and a consignment from the author to herself. 

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