Lot no. 176
NODIER Charles. Histoire du roi de Bohême et de ses sept châteaux. Paris, Delangle, 1830; in-8, [4]-398 pp, red half-maroquin with corners, gilt fillet, smooth spine richly decorated with filigree motifs, gilt head, untrimmed (Allô). First edition with 50 wood-engraved vignettes by Porret after witty drawings by Tony Johannot. This work of whimsical and sometimes irrational verve has sometimes been seen as a forerunner of Surrealist texts.
Copy on tinted Annonay vellum paper.
A fine copy, a few pale spots.
See original version (French) Auto-translation. Refer to original language for legal validity.
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