Des Vers

DE MAUPASSANT, Guy

Edité par Paris G Charpentier 1880

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First edition. This is the ordinary edition, published alongside ten on papier Hollande. This copy is in a beautiful Jadis binding and matching slipcase (signed to the base of the slipcase). Full bottle-green morocco with foliage decoration, ribbed spine, gilt head, covers and spine preserved, untrimmed, a little light foxing only, with slight darkening to the pages. Slipcase lined. This is not a mosaic binding, but a decorated binding. The motifs are painted, as if lacquered, with embossed lines to delimit each part. First edition of Maupassant's first real book. It is dedicated "to Gustave Flaubert, to the illustrious and paternal friend whom I love with all my tenderness, to the irreproachable master whom I admire above all others". It brings together some twenty poems, some of which had previously appeared in magasines. Original yellow covers are preserved. Publisher's advertisements on back cover of wrapper. [8], 210, [4]. pp. 185 by 120mm (7¼ by 4¾ inches). Conforms to WorldCat / FirstSearch OCLC: 797014417. .

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Des Vers
• Éditeur: Paris G Charpentier 1880
• Reliure: Couverture rigide
• Édition: Edition originale
• Signé: Signé par l'auteur