Description
FIRST EDITION.
Press copy after 3 copies on Chine and 5 copies on Hollande.
Autograph signed letter to Octave Mirbeau :
"to Octave Mirbeau
a tribute of admiration
Jean de Gourmont
The author's first novel, dedicated to his brother Remy de Gourmont. Paul Léautaud revealed the "key" to it, along with the identity of the characters, in his 1908 diary.
It was reprinted several times, including a fine edition illustrated with 20 etchings by Frans de Geetere in 1925.
Paris,Mercure de France,1908.In-8, Softcover122 x 184 mm,237 pp.
Some rubbing to boards and spine, small tear to margin of upper board, some spotting to interior.
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