Théophile GAUTIER

New edition.
Contemporary red half shagreen, spine in six compartments.
Foxing.

Edition first t Irage. A Jan. 50 copies on large paper. Copy # 48 of Whatman Illustrated January 4 etchings drawn in 4 states, including 2 of Japan including the frontispiece. Covers preserved.
Binding half morocco chocolate corners signed Mercier. Back with nerves decorated with multiple chambers. Golden head. Scorched blankets. Prints on Japanese paper with very pale foxing marginal sparse. Beautiful copy in a truly superb condition.

First printing of the illustrations by Paul-Emile Bécat, published in 390 copies on vélin de Rives (n°293).
Illustrated with drypoints hors texte in black by Paul-Emile Bécat.
A very attractive copy.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Half shagreen, corners very slightly bumped, not serious, contemporary binding.
A little light spotting, ink ex-dono on half-title page.

First collected edition with some parts in first edition.
Half red shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns.
Rare foxing affecting mainly the margins.

The title page states: eleventh edition, revised and corrected.
Half raspberry red smooth shagreen; spine with 5 raised bands; triple fillet forming 4 compartments, each containing an attractive tool of three daisies. Elegant binding. Top edge gilt.
Very good condition; some minor rubbing to the raised bands. The paper contains pale foxing, heavier on a few scattered pages.

NB: This work is available at the bookstore upon request within 48 hours.

The first edition, published in a small number of copies of this offprint from the Revue de Paris.
Handsome and rare copy.