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THEURIET, André. TOUSSAINT.
Bigarreau.
Paris, Lahure, 1885.
Fees include commission and taxes.
Bigarreau.
Paris, Lahure, 1885.
In-8, (3) folios, including a portrait of the author, 138 pp. Fawn morocco, raised ribbed spine, geometric framing of multiple gilt fillets on the panels, covers and endpapers, double gilt fillet on the headbands and footbands, gilt edges, original cover preserved. [Chambolle-Duru].
The illustrations consist of a portrait of the author on the frontispiece and six etchings by Toussaint, based on works by the Comte de l’Aigle.
A single entry in the CCFr (BnF: Réserve and Arsenal).
First separate edition.
A fine copy on vellum paper with a single sheet for the portrait and two double sheets of early black etchings, one of which is printed on fine watermarked vellum paper.
A non-commercial edition printed for 50 subscribers; this is copy no. 41.
A leading documentary and literary work capturing the brutal reality of reform schools – the 19th-century French juvenile detention system – through the journey of its young eponymous protagonist.
In an elegant morocco leather binding by Chambolle-Duru.