THE NEW DECAMERON 1884-1887. Paris, E. Dentu, Éditeur, Libraire de la Société des Gens de Lettres. Texts by Edmond About, Paul Arène, Charles Aubert, Théodore de Banville, Barbey d'Aurevilly, Robert de Bonnières, Maurice Bouchor, Paul Bourget, Léon Cladel, Jules Claretie, François Coppée, Alphonse Daudet, Anatole France, Edmond de Goncourt, Ernest d'Hervilly, Arsène Houssaye, Leconte de Lisle, Camille Lemonnier, Guy de Maupassant, Catulle Mendès, Charles Monselet, Aurélien Scholl, Armand Silvestre, Villiers de l'Isle-Adam, Émile Zola, etc. Illustrations (off-text plates) by E. Abot (frontispiece), Mesplès, Fraipont, Vogel, etc. Complete collection. 10 volumes in-8 paperback. Copy on Hollande laid paper with double suite of engravings on Japon. Handwritten notes by Vasseur (2 ff.). Includes: - 13 original pencil and pen sketches by E. Abot. One hundred short stories are told in these 10 volumes by the best writers of the period. They are advertised as having been read in 10 evenings before the most charming of audiences. Each volume is numbered: 1st day, 2nd day, etc. Rarely complete, especially on large paper.