168. PROUST (Marcel). A la Recherche du temps perdu. IV. Le Côté de Guermantes II. Sodom and Gommorhe I. Paris, Éditions de la Nouvelle Revue Française 1921, in-12, half red red morocco, ribbed spine, cold-stamped fillets and boxes, head on brochure, cover and spine preserved, case (P.- L. Martin). First edition. 1/1040 on pur fil paper. Letter from Proust to Robert de Montesquiou. "To Count Robert de Montesquiou Respectful homage from his admirer and friend Marcel Proust". An exceptional letter to the man who was one of Baron de Chalus's models. Baron de Chalus in "A la Recherche du temps perdu", which made him particularly furious. We know how important Robert de Montesquiou was to Marcel Marcel Proust.
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168. PROUST (Marcel).
A la Recherche du temps perdu. IV. Le Côté de
Guermantes II. Sodom and Gommorhe I. Paris, Éditions
de la Nouvelle Revue Française 1921, in-12, half red
red morocco, ribbed spine, cold-stamped fillets and boxes, head
on brochure, cover and spine preserved, case (P.-
L. Martin).
First edition.
1/1040 on pur fil paper.
Letter from Proust to Robert de Montesquiou.
"To Count Robert de Montesquiou
Respectful homage from his admirer and friend
Marcel Proust".
An exceptional letter to the man who was one of Baron de Chalus's models.
Baron de Chalus in "A la Recherche du temps perdu",
which made him particularly furious.
We know how important Robert de Montesquiou was to Marcel
Marcel Proust.
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