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MAURIAC (François)

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MAURIAC (François)

The knot of vipers. Paris, Grasset, 1932. In-4, aubergine Jansenist morocco, spine with 4 ribs, gilt fillet on cuts, back cover border of the same morocco framed with 6 gilt fillets, gilt edges on witness, covers and spine preserved, slipcase (Semet & Plumelle binding).
Original edition illustrated with an autograph signed on the forgery. At the head of the book is a beautiful autograph letter signed by François Mauriac, all literary about Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1 p. ½ in-8, [19]
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One of the 58 reimposed copies in in-4 tellière format on Arches vellum, this one not justified. ProvenanceEx-libris Du Bourg de Bozas.