Soulary, (Joséphin) - Set of 2 works. 1 - Sonnets, poems and poetry. Lyon, Louis Perrin, 1864. In-8° half-cornered chagrin, gilt head, xxxviii, 314 pp. Fine edition on laid paper, sold by subscription. Copy with a signed autograph letter from the author. Ex-libris Villard. Good condition. 2 - Sonnets humoristiques Lyon, Scheuring 1858. In-8° half blue basane, covers preserved, frontispiece, 4 ff. 151 pp. 4 ff. André Chagny engraved bookplate. Bookplate Villard. Good condition. Enclosed: Les princes du sonnet. Joséphin Soulary. Aix, Remondet-Aubin 1876. In-8° paperback, 11 pp. 1 ff. Ex-libris Franck Villard. Good condition, ink markings on title page.

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