Author: Albert Delpit; Judith Gautier; Armand Silvestre; Coquelin Cadet
Title: Collected Signed French Works
Description: Paris, Various, 1885-7. Leather. A collection of uniformly bound French works all inscribed by their authors to celebrated short story writer Guy de Maupassant. Guy de Maupassant was a French writer best known for his naturalist short stories. A protégé of Flaubert, he penned some three hundred short stories and six novels, and is hailed as a father of the modern short story.With signed editions by the following French figures: poet Armand Silvestre, novelist Albert Delpit, actor Coquelin Cadet, and poet Judith Gautier, the daughter of Theophile Gautier.Comprising: 'Solange de Croix-St-Luke' by Albert Delpit, 'En Pleine Fantasie' by Armand Silvestre, 'Iskender' by Judith Gautier, and 'Le Rire' by Coquelin Cadet. Containing the ownership bookplate of Elizabeth Sherman Cameron, a friend of Edith Wharton and Henry Adams. Sherman Cameron spent the First World War assisting refugees from the Belgian and French countryside.Each work has been bound with the colourful original wraps at the front.All in the original French language.A remarkable collection of signed French works from the late nineteenth century. In a half crushed morocco binding. Externally very smart, with just a touch of occasional rubbing. Ownership bookplate to the front pastedown. Each volume is inscribed to the half title page. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages have the occasional spot. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

Keywords: Coquelin Cadet Judith Gautier Guy de Mantparsant Armand Silvestre Judith Gautier None


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