Lot n° 2
Estimation :
200 - 300
EUR
Result with fees
Result
: 512EUR
ARAGO. Voyage autour du monde sans la lettre... - Lot 2 - Euvrard & Fabre
ARAGO. Voyage autour du monde sans la lettre A. Paris, sans nom, 1853. In- 16, Bradel paperback, printed yellow cover.
Rare first edition. Curious work written without the letter A. The author achieved this literary feat following a challenge at a social dinner, where he promised a young woman to recount his travel memories without the letter A. At the end of the book, she wrote her answer in lipogram without the letter C. A key for proper names with an A, such as Jacques Arago, Taïti or Joao Caetano dos Santos, follows. Without ff. Blank.
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