[ORIGINAL EDITION] Jules JANIN - La confession - Chez Alexandre Mesnier à Paris, 1830. Very rare first edition of the author's second novel, probably the most sought-after of Jules Janin's first editions. Two volumes bound in one in a magnificent binding perfectly established by Belz-Niédrée, full leather with richly ornamented five-rib spine, date place and title in gilt lettering, fully gilt edges, triple framing of gilt fillets on the boards, gilt lace counterpanes. Attractive frontispiece by Johannot mounted on Chine. Copy in perfect condition. In-12, 36pp, 158pp (1), 170pp (1) Provenance: P. Tissot with his stamp.

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