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RENÉE VIVIEN (1877-1909) First edition of Sapho, with an ALS bound-in.
Estimate:
$300 - $400
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$1,300
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LGBTQ+ Art, Material Culture & History
Description
RENÉE VIVIEN (1877-1909)
First edition of Sapho, with an ALS bound-in.
Paris: Alphonse Lemerre, 1903.
First edition, first printing, octavo; including a 2pp. A.L.S. on Vivien's violet stationary, a small etching, and two photographs bound-in at front; the first explicitly lesbian translation of Sappho's poetry, with both the original Ancient Greek and French text; prettily bound in three quarter violet morocco over marbled boards, ribbed spine gilt lettered, marbled endpapers; with original blue printed pictorial wrappers preserved and bound in at ends (spine lightly sunned, a touch bumped at corners); 7 1/4 x 4 3/4 in.
Provenance: Irene Dwen Andrews (bookplate) - Tremont Auctions 6 August 2023, Lot 564.
First edition of Sapho, with an ALS bound-in.
Paris: Alphonse Lemerre, 1903.
First edition, first printing, octavo; including a 2pp. A.L.S. on Vivien's violet stationary, a small etching, and two photographs bound-in at front; the first explicitly lesbian translation of Sappho's poetry, with both the original Ancient Greek and French text; prettily bound in three quarter violet morocco over marbled boards, ribbed spine gilt lettered, marbled endpapers; with original blue printed pictorial wrappers preserved and bound in at ends (spine lightly sunned, a touch bumped at corners); 7 1/4 x 4 3/4 in.
Provenance: Irene Dwen Andrews (bookplate) - Tremont Auctions 6 August 2023, Lot 564.
