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Prosper MERIMEE La Guzla, ou choix de Poésies illyriques recueillies dans la Dalmatie, la Bosnie, la Croatie et l'Herzégovine

Prosper MERIMEE

La Guzla, ou choix de Poésies illyriques recueillies dans la Dalmatie, la Bosnie, la Croatie et l'Herzégovine

F.G. Levrault, Paris 1827, 11,3x17,5cm, relié sous étui.


First edition.
Bradel binding, red half Russian morocco, smooth spine elaborately decorated in gilt and black, date stamped in gilt at foot, title label in brown morocco, tiger eye patterned boards, yellow endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved, marbled paper slipcase. 
Frontispiece portrait on chine paper of Hyacinthe Maglanovich, a guzla musician.
A very intimate creation by Prosper Mérimée, the Guzla is a literary interpretation of slavic ballads. Only one of them is authentic, titled "the sad ballad of the noble bride".
Handsome copy elegantly bound.


 

680 €

Réf : 87958

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