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252 - GAUTIER, Théophile.
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GAUTIER, Théophile. Mademoiselle de Maupin - Double Amour. Paris, Eugène Renduel, 1835–1836. 2 in-8 volumes, (3)-351 pp. and (4)-356 pp. 19th-century peacock-blue morocco, smooth spine richly decorated with romantic rocaille metalwork on a mottled background, author’s name and title gilded, date at the tail, double gilded fillet framing on the covers and edges, guilloché caps, inside covers edged with a gilt fillet and a gilt roulette pattern, gilt edges on endpapers, the whole in a marbled slipcase with a morocco bias trim [Stroobants]. Bibliography: Clouzot, 70. Carteret, I, 322. Description: First edition, printed on laid paper. With wide margins. A famous work whose preface (76 pp., dated 1834) is considered the manifesto of Romanticism. An “extremely rare” work (Clouzot). A very fine copy superbly bound by Stroobants.
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