BOURGET, Paul

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BOURGET, Paul
Pastels (ten portraits of women) / New Pastels (ten portraits of men). Paris, Lemerre, 1889 - 1891. 2 vol. in-12. Full red percaline à la Bradel, smooth spine, black calf title page, gilt date, cover boards preserved [HENRY - JOSEPH]. Original editions. Copies of Edmond Goncourt, with his handwritten bookplate on each volume and the mention "original edition", in red ink. The Pastels volume is enriched with a triple autograph sending: - "To Edmond de Goncourt his well devoted Paul Bourget", on the false title. - Sent by the dedicatee of the text Autre inconnue, Paul Mariéton. "À Jeanne Hatto, avec la vive tendresse de M. Paul Mariéton". Jeanne Hatto was an opera singer. - To the title of Chapter VIII : Autre Inconnue, under the name of the printed dedicatee Paul Mariéton, Paul Bourget added a sending : "Avec toute ma tendresse, Paul Bourget". Interesting work with multiple dedicatees. Slight rubbing to the title-pieces and corners, not serious; small lack of percaline at the bottom of the upper spine of the volume Nouveaux Pastels.
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