FEYDEAU Ernest Lot n° 35

FEYDEAU Ernest Memoirs of a young lady from a good family. Written by herself. Revised, corrected, pruned, softened and put into good French by Ernest Feydeau. London [Brussels], Société des Bibliophiles [Kistemaekers], sd. [1877] Full marbled paper. Spine decorated with a label with printed author and title. Yellow head. Covers included. Rubbing to covers and corners. Etching frontispiece by Hanriot Uncommon first (or second) edition of the author's erotic masterpiece, published a few years after his death. Indeed, the copy contains two title pages: that of the original edition in the name of the Société des Bibliophiles and that of the second in the name of the publisher Williams, London, 1877. A real curiosity! From the same source: Théophile Gautier - Souvenirs intimes Paris, Plon, 1874 In-12°. Contemporary brown half-chagrin. 5-rib spine decorated with gilt fillet. Author, title and date in gilt letters. Head gilt. Minor foxing. Frontispiece portrait of Gautier. + GAUTIER Théophile Avatar Paris, Michel Lévy frères, coll. Hetzel, 1857 In-16°. Contemporary dark green half cloth with corners. Spine decorated with black morocco with author and title in gilt lettering, gilt fillets, gilt finial and gilt edition date. Covers on boards (small stains on 1st). Some foxing. Uncommon first edition of this tale by Gautier.