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Leconte de Lisle, Charles
Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 USD
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Description
- Leconte de Lisle, Charles
- Hésiode. Hymnes orphiques. Paris: Alphonse Lemerre, 1869.
- ink and paper
8vo (9 x 5 3/4 in.; 232 x 147 mm), half-purple morocco signed by Kieffer. Binding lightly rubbed, spine faded.
Provenance
Théophile Gautier (inscription)
Condition
Binding lightly rubbed, spine faded.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
Inscribed by the author to his friend and fellow Parnassian poet, Theophile Gautier: "à Théophile Gautier, son admiration sincère. Leconte de Lisle".
Important association copy linking two of the most important poets of the Parnassian movement. As a reaction against the less disciplined types of romantic poetry, and what they considered the excessive sentimentality and undue social and political activism of Romantic works, the Parnassians strove for exact and faultless workmanship, selecting exotic and classical subjects which they treated with rigidity of form and emotional detachment.