Celles qui osent. Avec une préface par Guy de Maupassant
Marpon & Flammarion|Paris s. d. [1883]|14 x 21 cm|relié
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First edition, preface by Guy de Maupassant. Contemporary brown cloth, spine with blindstamped fleuron, orange morocco title label, joints restored. Handsome autograph inscription signed by René Maizeroy to the writer of the preface, Guy de Maupassant. Frontispiece etching by Kauffmann. Spotting. René Maizeroy was the pseudonym of the Baron René-Jean Toussaint, on whom Guy de Maupassant based the character of Duroy in the novel Bel-Ami. Provenance : Guy de Maupassant.