[GONCOURT (Edmond de)] Set of 2 works from the library of Edmond de Goncourt: - BOURGET (Paul). Études et Portraits. I. Portraits d'écrivains. II. Notes on aesthetics. III. English studies. IV. Fantaisies. Paris: Alphonse Lemerre, 1889. - 2 volumes in-16, dark blue half-maroquin with corners, gilt fillets, spine ribbed, gilt head, untrimmed (period binding). First edition. Autograph address by the author on the false title of the first volume: "à Edmonde de Goncourt // son dévoué // Paul Bourget" Very well preserved copy - DESPREZ (Louis). L'Évolution naturaliste. Gustave Flaubert. Les Goncourt. M. Alphonse Daudet. M. Émile Zola. The poets. The theater. Paris : Tresse, 1884. - In-18, burgundy half-maroquin, ribbed spine, gilt head, untrimmed, cover preserved (period binding). First edition. Copy of the current print run, enriched with this autograph letter signed on the false title: "A Edmond de Goncourt // à l'illustre auteur de "Chéri" // Envoi d'en bas // Louis Desprez. "Under this dedication, Goncourt added this note in red ink: "double, replaced by // a paper copy of // hollande and given to Lucien // Faucon // E. de Goncourt." Lucien was notably the director of "L'Intermédiaire des Chercheurs et des Curieux". Hinge of first cover cracked, endpapers renewed. Rousseurs.