Prosper MÉRIMÉE.
Colomba. Paris, Magen & Comon, 1841.
In-8 of (2) ff., 463 pp. half red basane, smooth spine gilt-stamped, spotted edges (period binding).
First edition.
Sought-after collection of three short stories: Colomba, La Venus d'Ille and Les Âmes du purgatoire.
There is, bound at the end, a play and a short story by Mérimée in pre-original edition:
- Le Carosse du Saint-Sacrement, saynete. Extract from the Revue de Paris, 1829, pp. 85-135.
- L'Abbé Aubain. Clipping from the Constitutionnel of February 24, 1846.
A nice copy in period binding.
From the library of Auguste Pittaud de Forges (1803-1881), with engraved bookplate. Nice provenance of this librettist of Jacques Offenbach and Rossini, officer of the Légion d'honneur and head of the secretariat of the Ministry of War in 1830.
