Pierre AUDIAT. - Lot 118

Pierre AUDIAT. Gérard de Nerval's L'Aurélia. Paris, Champion, 1926, in-8 bound in half-cornered morocco, spine ribbed and decorated, gilt head, covers and spine preserved. Edition of 1,225 numbered copies, one of the top 25 on Japon (no. 12), enriched with 2 engravings of Jenny Colon, actress and opera singer, one in black (Gavarni) and one in costume in color, as well as 2 autograph letters signed by the latter, one of 1835 addressed to M. de Ferville (actor and general agent of theaters) concerning her engagement at the Théâtre des Variétés, and the second of 1839, to M. Lovy announcing her inability to sing at his concert. Provenance: Herbert Dubsky library (heraldic ex-libris). A very interesting copy, full of evocations of the woman who inspired Gérard de Nerval for his Aurelia.