Œuvres ComplÈtes D’ Alfred De Musset..
Winchester School prize binding, half red morocco over red cloth, decorated by school arms on front boards; spine in compartments with raised bands, gilt. Marbled endpapers. A very fine set. Prize label on front pastedown.
£250.00
Details
WINCHESTER SCHOOL PRIZE BINDING
Publisher
Bibliothèque-Charpentier, 11, Eugène Fasquelle, Éditeur, 11, Rue de Grenelle, 11.,
Place
Paris
Date
1906-09.
Synopsis
[10 vols. bound in 5]. contents:
1. comédies et proverbes. tome premier (1906); tome deuxième (1907).
2. comédies et proverbes. tome troisième (1906); Œuvres posthumes (1906).
3. premières poésies 1829-1835. nouvelle Édition (1906); poésies nouvelles 1836-1852. nouvelle Édition. (1908).
4. nouvelles (1907); contes (1907).
5. la confession d'un enfant du siècle. nouvelle Édition (1906); mélanges de littérature et de critique. nouvelle Édition. (1909).
Item Description
10 VOLS. BOUND IN 5. 5 x 7.25 inches. Vol. I, [2] + vii + [i] + 274 + [2] pp.; [iv] + 351 + [3] pp. Vol. 2, [iv] + 359 + [5] pp.; [iv] + 262 pp. Vol. 3, [iv] + 392 pp.; [iv] + 324 pp. Vol. 4, [iv] + 350 + [2] pp.; [iv] + 313 + [3] pp.; Vol. 5, [iv] + 355 + [3] pp. ; [ii] + 398 pp.
Notes
Alfred de Musset (1810-57) was a French poet, dramatist and novelist who also worked as a librarian in French government service. His celebrated love affair with George Sand, 1833-35 is told in the autobiographical novel, La Confession d'un Enfant du Siècle (Vol. 4 of this set).
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