Paris

First edition on ordinary paper.
With a handsome, fine inscription from Colette to her friend Jeanne de Bellune: " A mon copain Jeannot / affectueux souvenir de son amie / Colette Willy [To my pal Jeannot / affectionate souvenir from her friend / Colette Willy]."
Illustrated covers and internal illustrations by G. Bonnet.
A rare copy with an exceptional provenance. 

Autograph letter dated and signed by Jean-Louis Barrault, addressed to Thierry Maulnier (20 lines in blue ink on a single leaf).
Folding marks from mailing, with a small tear at the foot of the letter.

Original edition of this auction catalogue from the sale held on Friday 10 and Saturday 11 May 1872, describing 294 lots.

A tear at the foot of the final leaf.

The catalogue is illustrated with 2 hors-texte engraved plates (line engravings).

Of Baden origin, the numismatist Ludwig Wilhelm Fröhner (1834–1925) settled in Paris in 1859: he became one of the close friends of Napoleon III and assisted him in the preparation of his History of Julius Caesar (1865–1866), which helped him obtain both French naturalisation (1866) and a desirable post at the Louvre.

The Franco-Prussian War of 1870 proved disastrous for him: he lost all his positions and even any prospect