JANIN (Jules).
The Dead Donkey or The Guillotined Woman. Fourth edition. Paris, Alexandre Mesnier, Alphonse Levavasseur, 1832. 2 volumes in-12, red long-grained morocco, triple gilt fillet, spine decorated, interior scroll (Koehler).
Capital work of the author, written in the movement of the black novel, published in 1829.
Copy on china paper, bearing on a cover an autograph sending from Janin to his friend Raphaël Bischoffsheim, followed by this mention in the author's hand: Unique copy on china paper.
A lively regular of the Boulevard, the rich banker Raphaël Bischoffsheim (1823-1906) was a close friend of Jules Janin and a lover of the tragedienne Rachel.
Some spotting, slight halo on the first cover of volume I.
