“French lessons” from Baudelaire, the “French language” of Gautier, bons mots by Apollinaire, Maupassant's – not quite – belle vie, Proust’s folie des grandeurs, a je-ne-sais-quoi by Mallarmé,  a “libertine” Verlaine, and a chef-d'œuvre by Stendhal – at this year’s Firsts: London’s Rare Book Fair, Le Feu Follet crosses the Channel bearing a selection of iconic works from its literary culture inspiring much pride and prejudice between our two countries, so close, yet so far apart...

Come meet us at the Saatchi Gallery from 15 to 18 May on stand A10.