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MIRBEAU, Octave.
The Diary of a Chambermaid.
Paris, Charpentier et Fasquelle, 1900.
Fees include commission and taxes.
The Diary of a Chambermaid.
Paris, Charpentier et Fasquelle, 1900.
8vo, 519 pp. Brown half-maroquin with corner pieces, raised ribbed spine, author, title and date in gold lettering, compartments richly decorated with gilt metalwork featuring a mosaic fleur-de-lis in the centre and bordered by a double gilt fillet, gilt fillet on the covers, original cover and spine imitating a page from an autographed newspaper, gilt head [Stroobants].
First edition on Japanese paper.
A deluxe edition limited to 250 copies, reprinted in an in-8 raisin format, numbered at the press, including 30 copies on Japanese paper, of which this is no. 46.
A fine copy in an elegant morocco binding by Stroobants.