BARBEY D'AUREVILLY (Jules).
Set of 2 works:


- RHYTHMS OUBLIÉS. Paris: Alphonse Lemerre, 1897. - In-8, paperback, filled cover.
Partly original edition.
One of 500 copies on Hollande paper, numbered and initialled by the publisher (n° 52).
Cover browned, tear without mark at the bottom of the first cover.

- A STORY WITHOUT A NAME. Paris : Alphonse Lemerre, 1882. - In-18, paperback.
First edition dedicated to Paul Bourget, of one of Barbey d'Aurevilly's masterpieces, in the same spirit and vein as "Les Diaboliques".

"In this novel, Barbey d'Aurevilly knew how to combine and merge the two great forms of his art, the picturesque novel and the psychological novel. One finds the same search for Satanism as in Les Diaboliques" ("Dictionnaire des oeuvres", ed. 1980, p. 550).

Paperback copy, well preserved. Some foxing.
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BARBEY D'AUREVILLY (Jules). Set of 2 works: - RHYTHMS OUBLIÉS. Paris: Alphonse Lemerre, 1897. - In-8, paperback, filled cover. Partly original edition. One of 500 copies on Hollande paper, numbered and initialled by the publisher (n° 52). Cover browned, tear without mark at the bottom of the first cover. - A STORY WITHOUT A NAME. Paris : Alphonse Lemerre, 1882. - In-18, paperback. First edition dedicated to Paul Bourget, of one of Barbey d'Aurevilly's masterpieces, in the same spirit and vein as "Les Diaboliques". "In this novel, Barbey d'Aurevilly knew how to combine and merge the two great forms of his art, the picturesque novel and the psychological novel. One finds the same search for Satanism as in Les Diaboliques" ("Dictionnaire des oeuvres", ed. 1980, p. 550). Paperback copy, well preserved. Some foxing.

Estimate
€200 - €300
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Not sold
Buyer's premium
25%
BARBEY D'AUREVILLY (Jules). Set of 2 works: - RHYTHMS OUBLIÉS. Paris: Alphonse Lemerre, 1897. - In-8, paperback, filled cover. Partly original edition. One of 500 copies on Hollande paper, numbered and initialled by the publisher (n° 52). Cover browned, tear without mark at the bottom of the first cover. - A STORY WITHOUT A NAME. Paris : Alphonse Lemerre, 1882. - In-18, paperback. First edition dedicated to Paul Bourget, of one of Barbey d'Aurevilly's masterpieces, in the same spirit and vein as "Les Diaboliques". "In this novel, Barbey d'Aurevilly knew how to combine and merge the two great forms of his art, the picturesque novel and the psychological novel. One finds the same search for Satanism as in Les Diaboliques" ("Dictionnaire des oeuvres", ed. 1980, p. 550). Paperback copy, well preserved. Some foxing.
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