Lot n° 97
Estimation :
700 - 900
EUR
BARBEY d'AUREVILLY (Jules). Les Diaboliques. (Les six premiè - Lot 97
BARBEY d'AUREVILLY (Jules). Les Diaboliques. (Les six premières.) Paris, Dentu, 1874.
In-12 bradel, red half-percaline, brown long-grain mar. title page (period binding).
First edition. "Les Diaboliques were prosecuted by the Seine public prosecutor's office, but, during the investigation, the author declared that he had not wanted to create an immoral work, and the case was dismissed. However, with the consent of the author and publisher, 480 copies of the book were destroyed. 2200 copies of the work had been printed, see Drujon, Cat. des livres saisis, p. 124. Les Diaboliques are highly sought-after today. Vicaire.
First-issue copy with the following errors: Page 15, 6th line: unos; page 25, 2nd line: seulement, t; page 121, 11th line: senrudir; page 124, 7th line: iui; page 186, 10th line: Harford (for etching); page 311,20 fourth line: elle a eu les gilets 25: cul eu apostrophe IJ; page 322, first line: produit.
Minor foxing. A good copy. Ex-libris J.M. (Vicaire I, 305; Talvart, I, 216.)
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