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FROMENTIN, Eugène (1820-1876)

Lot 74
05.07.2023 13:00UTC +01:00
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Event locationFrance, Paris
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Lot 74 | FROMENTIN, Eugène (1820-1876)
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FROMENTIN, Eugène (1820-1876)
Dominique. Paris : L. Hachette et Cie, 1863.
Rare exemplaire sur Hollande, en premier tirage. Chef d'oeuvre psychologique, ce drame autobiographique est dédié à George Sand, chez qui l'auteur avait séjourné à l'été 1862, apportant quelques modifications au texte paru en feuilleton entre avril et mai 1862 dans La Revue des deux mondes. Unique roman du peintre et historien de l'art Eugène Fromentin, Roland Barthes considère que l'oeuvre est "deux fois solitaire, puisque c’est le seul roman écrit par son auteur, et que cet auteur n’était même pas écrivain, mais plutôt peintre". Il s'agit d'un exemplaire de premier tirage, avec la faute à la page 177 : "il sera pédant et en sueur" au lieu de "il sera pédant et censeur". Talvart et Place, VI, pp. 226-227 ; Vicaire, III, col. 840 ; Carteret, I, p. 310 ("tirage à très petit nombre d'une très grande rareté") ; R. Barthes, "Fromentin : Dominique", Nouveaux Essais critiques, 1972, p. 156.

In-8 (221 x 138 mm). Édition originale. Un des rares exemplaires réimposés sur Hollande au format in-8, seul grand papier. Reliure signée de H. Blanchetière : maroquin bleu, encadrement de filets et fers dorés, dos à nerfs orné de filets et petits fers dorés, doublures de veau bordeaux à semis de fers dorés dans un réseau de losanges, tête dorée, couverture bleue conservée.
Provenance : cachet monogrammé HL ; Charles Hayoit (1901-1984 ; ex-libris ; sa vente, 29 juin 2001, lot n° 233)

First edition, first issue : rare deluxe copy on Holland paper.
Place of origin:France
Auction house category:Printed books
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