67 - ARENE (Paul) - DAUDET (Alphonse) *Le Parnassiculet contemporain*. A collection of new poems, preceded by *L’Hôtel du dragon bleu* and illustrated with a very strange etching. Paris, Librairie centrale, J. Lemer, publisher, 1867. In-12, light brown half-maroquin, spine decorated lengthwise with a mosaic pattern, gilt corners and head, untrimmed, original cover preserved (Bretault binding).

ARENE (Paul) - DAUDET (Alphonse) *Le Parnassiculet contemporain*. A collection of new poems, preceded by *L’Hôtel du dragon bleu* and illustrated with a very strange etching. Paris, Librairie centrale, J. Lemer, publisher, 1867. In-12, light brown half-maroquin, spine decorated lengthwise with a mosaic pattern, gilt corners and head, untrimmed, original cover preserved (Bretault binding). A now-rare first edition, published by Paul Arène, Alphonse Daudet, Renard, Alfred Delvau, and Jehan du Boÿs, illustrated with a beautiful etching by Delor as a frontispiece. This is a delightful parody of the famous *Parnasse contemporain*. A very fine copy, bound around 1880, with its delicate parchment cover in mint condition. From the library of Maurice Guibert, with his bookplate designed by Toulouse-Lautrec. ENCLOSED. SULLY PRUDHOMME. *Les Solitudes*, poetry. P., Lemerre, 1869. In-12, fawn half-calf, spine decorated with small metal tools, corners and head gilded, untrimmed. (Raparlier). FIRST EDITION. One of 5 copies on Chinese paper, finely bound, enriched with an autograph sonnet, “Le Progrès,” signed on the half-title page, and an etched frontispiece after Sauvageot. Set of 2 vols.