Lot n° 2
Estimation :
200 - 300
EUR
Ancient Games/ Olympic Games/ summer, 1896/ Athens/ - Lot 2
Ancient Games/ Olympic Games/ summer, 1896/ Athens/
Plaquette, la musique grecque et l'hymne à Apollon, illustrated lecture by Théodore Reinach (1860-1928), 1894, 20 pages...With two illustrated cards, one with a poem by Heredia, and a loose leaf with a poem by Albert Samain. From a large Jewish family, this native of St Germain en Laye, a pupil of Condorcet, an exceptional Helenist, was the man behind the Villa Kérylos, and among a thousand high-flying works, a craftsman of Olympic renovation alongside Coubertin with music. A rare item.
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