Author: MUSSET, A(lfred) de.
Title: Nouvelles. Les deux maitresses; Emmeline; Le Fils du Titien; Frédéric et Bernerette; Pierre et Camille. Nouvelle édition illustré d'un portrait gravé par Burney d'après une miniature de Marie Moulin et de 15 compositions de F(rançois) Flameng et O(reste) Cortazzo, gravées à l'eau-forte par Mordant et Lucas.
Description: 1887 With frontispiece portrait, 5 etched plates and 10 smaller etchings. 388 pp. Large 8vo. Later half cloth with spine label, orig. wrappers bound in, fore- and lower edge untrimmed. Paris, (Ch. Hérissey d'Evreux, text; Chardon et Sormani, etchings, for) L. Conquet, 1887. One of 350 numbered copies on "petit papier vélin", of a total edition of 500 copies. Attractively produced collection of novels by Alfred de Musset (1810-1857), known for his elegant style. With the 5 fine full-page illustrations by Flameng who also contributed to illustrated editions of Coppée and Victor Hugo. - Fine. - Carteret IV, 297 ("Edition recherchée"); Monod 8561. LITERATURE: FRENCH ; ILLUSTRIERTE BÜCHER [VOR 1900] ; ILLUSTRATED BOOKS (BEFORE 1900) ;

Keywords: LITERATURE: FRENCH ; ILLUSTRIERTE BÜCHER [VOR 1900] ;


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