[Rarebooks] FS: Phoebe, or the Dedication of a Negress - Limoges, France, 1890

[Bob Petrilla]

Montalant, A. de. PHOEBE, OU LE DEVOUEMENT D'UNE NEGRESSE [Phoebe, or the
Dedication of a Negress]. Limoges, France: Eugene Ardant / Librarie
Nationale d'Education et de Recreation, circa 1890. First Edition. 144pp;
frontispiece illustration and one other. Printed on pulp paper, uniformly
tanned. Bound in decorative boards, all edges gilt; spine ends chipped.
 9.5" x 6.25" Good . Decorative Boards.
Apparently a mystery, involving a well-dressed African woman and two white
children. [OCLC locates several institutional holdings, all in France,
estimating publication dates from 1885 to 1895.] $75.00

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