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Nov 12, 2020
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RODIN, Auguste (1840-1917). LAWTON, Frederick. The Life and Work of Auguste Rodin. London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1906.
8vo. Portrait frontispiece. (Damp-staining to margins not affecting image.) Numerous photographic illustrations (spotting throughout.) Later leather, top edge gilt (rebacked, rubbing to extremities).
FIRST EDITION of Lawton’s comprehensive biography of Rodin. Tipped-in: 2pp. Autograph note signed “Rodin” to Antonin Proust, 24 May 1888. Rodin suggests to Proust, the French Minister of Fine Art, the possibility of presenting the Medal of Honor to the sculptor Camille Lefèvre.