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1896 · 31961AB — 1896. Onzieme Mille. Two Volumes complete. Paris Bibliotheque-Charpentier 1896. Octavo. Volume I: Frontispiece-Portrait 401 pages. / Volume II: 591 pages. Hardcover / Beautiful blindstamped cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear. Inscribed by a family-member to Marie Cohn Marie Helene Johanna Weber Meyer-Cohn 1887-1967 daughter of Berlin Banker Dr.Heinrich Cohn on her birthday in 1898 1887-1967. Marie Cohn has later added her own name to the books and dated her personal enry to 27.II.1898. Marie Cohn 1887-1967 was the eldest daughter of Dr. Heinrich Cohn director of a private Berlin bank founded by one of the most established Jewish families the Meyer-Cohns in Berlin. Source: Pinterest _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Marie Bashkirtseff born Maria Konstantinovna Bashkirtseva 24 November O.S. 12 November 1858 – 31 October 1884 was an émigré artist who was born into a noble family on their estate near the city of Poltava. She lived and worked in Paris and died at the age of 25. From approximately the age of 13 Bashkirtseff kept a journal and it is probably for this that she is most famous today. It has been called "a strikingly modern psychological self-portrait of a young gifted mind" and her urgent prose which occasionally breaks out into dialogue remains extremely readable. She was multilingual and despite her self-involvement was a keen observer with an acute ear for hypocrisy so that her journal also offers a near-novelistic account of the late nineteenth century European bourgeoisie. A consistent theme throughout her journal is her deep desire to achieve fame inflected by her increasing fear that her intermittent illnesses might turn out to be tuberculosis. In a prefatory section written toward the end of her life in which she recounts her family history she writes "If I do not die young I hope to live as great artist; but if I die young I intend to have my journal which cannot fail to be interesting published." Similarly: "When I am dead my life which appears to me a remarkable one will be read. The only thing wanting is that it should have been different." In effect the first half of Bashkirtseff's journal is a coming-of-age story while the second is an account of heroic suffering. Wikipedia hardcover