Live Friday 8 April 2022・14:00 (Europe/Paris)
Lot no. 137

[HUGO Victor]. WACK Henry Wellington (1875-1954). Le Roman de Juliette et de Victor Hugo (Paris, Librairie universelle, 1906); in-12, red morocco, spine ribbed and decorated, interior framed in the same leather with gilt fillets, red moire lining and endpapers, gilt head, cover preserved (Frantz). Original French edition, the original having appeared in English in 1906. This copy on publisher's paper is enriched by a long autograph sending signed by Jean de LA HIRE, June 5, 1932, to Fanny and Louis ICART [the draftsman owned the majority (more than 17,000!) of the letters from Juliette Drouet to Victor Hugo]. Bound at the head of the volume is a letter from Jean de La Hire to the Icart couple indicating that this is his own copy; plus a postcard depicting Jean de La Hire in military uniform; and 2 press clippings.

Estimate
€500 - €700
Result
€496
Buyer's premium
30%
[HUGO Victor]. WACK Henry Wellington (1875-1954). Le Roman de Juliette et de Victor Hugo (Paris, Librairie universelle, 1906); in-12, red morocco, spine ribbed and decorated, interior framed in the same leather with gilt fillets, red moire lining and endpapers, gilt head, cover preserved (Frantz). Original French edition, the original having appeared in English in 1906. This copy on publisher's paper is enriched by a long autograph sending signed by Jean de LA HIRE, June 5, 1932, to Fanny and Louis ICART [the draftsman owned the majority (more than 17,000!) of the letters from Juliette Drouet to Victor Hugo]. Bound at the head of the volume is a letter from Jean de La Hire to the Icart couple indicating that this is his own copy; plus a postcard depicting Jean de La Hire in military uniform; and 2 press clippings.
Sale Friday 8 April 2022・14:00 (Europe/Paris)
Salle 3 - Hôtel Drouot 9, rue Drouot 75009 Paris