HUYSMANS, Joris-Karl

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HUYSMANS, Joris-Karl
Marthe Histoire d'une fille. Brussels, Jean Gay, 1876. 1 vol. in-12. Purple half-maroquin with corners, double gilt fillet on the boards, spine ribbed and decorated, author, title and date gilt, cover boards preserved, gilt head [FLAMMARION VAILLANT]. First edition of Huysmans' first novel. Copy enriched with two etchings by Jean-Louis Forain, one unsigned but refused by Huysmans, the other "impressionist etching" published in the second edition of 1879. Engraved bookplate with the initials J. V. and the motto "non licet omnibus". Slight rubbing to the nerves but not serious. Vicaire, 4, 471.
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