Sapho: mœurs parisiennes / Alphonse Daudet; nombreuses illustrations en couleurs par Auguste Leroux et H. Bouché-Leclercq

Author: Daudet, Alphonse, 1840-1897
Published: Paris: Librairie des Amateurs, A. Ferroud -- F. Ferroud, successeur, 127 Boulevard Saint-Germain, 127, 1925.
Physical Description: 4 preliminary pages, 253 pages, 2 unnumbered leaves, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates: color illustrations; 24 cm
Additional Creators: Bouché-Leclercq, Henri, Leroux, Auguste, and Decisy, Eugène, 1866-

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Summary

A novel of manners set in the Latin Quarter of Paris that tells the story of the relationship between a young man and the heroine, Sapho, a courtesan of a certain age.

Subject(s)

Courtesans—Fiction
Paris (France)—Social life and customs—19th century—Fiction

Genre(s)

Pochoir

Note

"Achevé d'imprimer le 1er Mars 1925, par G. Boutitie & Co., a Paris, pour le compte de F. Ferroud, éditeur; coloris de Berthelot"--Colophon./ "Librairie des Amateurs" watermark on some leaves.
Rare Books copy: This is copy number 430; rebound in leather and marbled boards; with original printed paper wrappers bound in.

Source of Acquisition

Rare Books copy: Purchased with funds from the J. Harvey Fahnestock Endowment for Scientific, Engineering and Rare Books; 2015.
Rare Books copy: Purchased from Anton W. van Bekhoven; 2015.

Endowment Note

J. Harvey Fahnestock Endowment for Scientific, Engineering and Rare Books

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