Description
History of Romanticism. Followed by Romantic notices and a study of French poetry 1830-1868. With an alphabetical index.
FIRST EDITION.
ONE OF 50 NUMBERED COPIES ON HOLLANDE only large paper edition.
"A major work on the history of Romanticism. These are articles published in 1872 in Le Bien public "(Carteret).
From the library of the fine bibliophile Julien Stirling, with his bookplate engraved on the flyleaf, enhanced by a pencil cartoon signed E. Stirling depicting Gautier as a pashawith a narghile in his hand - a fine copy of a lithograph by Hippolyte Mailly.
Copy in an elegant contemporary binding.
Paris,Carpenter,1874.In-12, Bound,120 x 183 mm,410 pp.
Bound in contemporary style. Chocolate half-chagrin, spine ribbed, gilt title, fillet. Some marks on last 3 leaves, corners rubbed.
