Accession number
PML 128784
Creator
Banville, Théodore Faullain de, 1823-1891, author.
Published
Paris : Alphonse Lemerre, MDCCCLXXV [1875]
Credit line
Purchased as the gift of Mrs. Charles Engelhard and children in memory of Mr. Charles Engelhard, 1974.
Notes
"Il a été tiré de ces livres 25 exemplaires sur papier de Hollande et 25 exemplaires sur papier de Chine. Tous ces exemplaires sont numérotés et paraphés par l'éditeur"--Verso of half title.
"Imp. A. Durand - Paris"--Frontispiece.
Library's copy lacks numbering or initialing by publisher.
"Imp. A. Durand - Paris"--Frontispiece.
Library's copy lacks numbering or initialing by publisher.
Description
[10], iv, 300 pages, [1] leaf of plates : portrait ; 17 cm
Inscriptions/Markings
Author's inscription written in ink on flyleaf: "À Madame Edouard Manet [Suzanne Leenhoff] La musique aux charmantes voix S'éveille et chant sous vos doigts, Parlant des vieux qu'elle devi[e]ne; Et mes vers, oiseaux las d'errer, Volent vers vous, pour s'enivrer, Aux sons de la lyre divine. Théodore de Banville."
Provenance
Suzanne Manet (née Leenhoff); by descent to her son Léon Leenhoff; acquired by Adolphe Tabarant probably before 1923; by descent to his daughter Lucienne Tabarant and sold by her to Mina Curtiss in 1960; purchased by the Morgan from Mina Curtiss in 1974 with the library of Edouard Manet.
Binding
1/2 tan gilt calf over marbled boards, with marbled end papers.
Classification
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