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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marote, post: 9781417, member: 84568&quot;]I think I bought this when I was around 10 years old. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie83" alt=":smug:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> I was fascinated by the age and intrigued by the inscription (and probably disappointent not being able to find a forgotten old stamp). The spine was already this damaged when I bought it, but I just had to have it (for a few cents <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/biggrin.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":D" unselectable="on" />)</p><p>In the meantime the book and inscription are propper antiques <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]483653[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]483652[/ATTACH] </p><p>I haven&#039;t been able to find anything on Henri van Hes.</p><p>There is a Eugène Mordant who apparently was an important general during WWII, but the Eugène of the inscription worked is mentioned in this 1912 news paper <a href="https://donum.uliege.be/expo/le_cri/pdf/P00143E0_1912_09_28.pdf" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://donum.uliege.be/expo/le_cri/pdf/P00143E0_1912_09_28.pdf" rel="nofollow">https://donum.uliege.be/expo/le_cri/pdf/P00143E0_1912_09_28.pdf</a> as a choirmaster at the Théâtre Royal (now the Royal Opera) of Liège.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]483654[/ATTACH]</p><p>I can&#039;t find any other information regarding Mordant and, as mentioned, nothing at all regarding Henri van Hes...</p><p>So, [USER=1476]@Debora[/USER] ... <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/biggrin.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":D" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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