83 - CROS, Charles. *Le Coffret de Santal*.

CROS, Charles. *Le Coffret de Santal*. A fine copy of the original edition on laid paper, enhanced by a rare autographed dedication by Charles Cros to the attorney Charles Le Senne. Paris and Nice, Alphonse Lemerre and J. Gay & Sons, 1873. In-12 (110x170 mm), half-brown glazed basane with corners edged in gold fillet, spine with raised bands highlighted by gold fillets and cold-stamped, gilt head, untrimmed. 174 pages, initial letters and tailpieces. Minor scuffing, a few minor pinholes. First edition printed in a run of 500 copies on laid paper. The principal collection by the poet and inventor Charles Cros (1842–1888), it includes a preface in the form of an octosyllabic sonnet and 74 poems, including the famous “Hareng saur.” This copy features, on the half-title page, a rare autographed dedication by the author to Charles Le Senne (1848–1901), a French lawyer and politician specializing in literary and artistic property rights and press law, who notably served as legal counsel to the Society of Men of Letters, the Society of Playwrights, painters, and music publishers. A fine copy.