Lot n° 204
Estimation :
400 - 600
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HÉMON (Louis). Maria Chapdelaine. Récit du Canada français. - Lot 204
HÉMON (Louis). Maria Chapdelaine. Récit du Canada français. Paris [Montreal], Librairie Ch. Delagrave, s.d. [1916]. In-12, jansenist olive-green morocco, dark-green morocco lining, interior gilt fillet, gilt edges, cover and spine (G. Levitzky.).
First edition, printed in Quebec, with illustrations by Quebec painter Suzor-Côté.
A special edition was printed for France on behalf of the Delagrave bookshop: it is said that a large number of these copies disappeared in a shipwreck, and the others, which remained on the other side of the Atlantic, were sold in Canada for one dollar (mention printed on the back cover).
Stamp of Librairie Beauchemin Limitée (Canada) on the first blank leaf.
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