{"title":"Lucien Gougy","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"les-soeurs-vatard","title":"Les Sœurs Vatard","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHUYSMANS (Joris-Karl). \u003cem\u003eLes Sœurs Vatard\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eParis: A. Ferroud - F. Ferroud, 1909.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLarge quarto (278 × 210 mm). (5) ff., V, 262 pp., (4) ff. With original wrappers and spine preserved.\u003cbr\u003eFull aubergine morocco, triple gilt frame on covers with a mosaic thistle at the centre of each board, raised bands, gilt author, title, place and date, spine with double central gilt panel and two mosaic thistles, blind fillet on turn-ins, triple gilt inner fillet with gilt floral tools at corners, gilt edges, matching slipcase. Binding by René Kieffer.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"761\" data-end=\"799\"\u003eIllustrated edition. Deluxe issue.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"799\" data-end=\"802\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"802\" data-end=\"883\"\u003eOne of 20 copies on large Japan or large Arches vellum (this copy on Arches).\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"883\" data-end=\"886\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"886\" data-end=\"1023\"\u003eWith three states of the etched plates and an important unpublished original watercolour by J.-F. Raffaëlli signed on the half title.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1879, \u003cem data-start=\"1050\" data-end=\"1068\"\u003eLes Sœurs Vatard\u003c\/em\u003e is one of Huysmans’s earliest naturalist novels and among the most precise literary testimonies of Parisian working-class life under the Third Republic. Before the decadent masterpieces that would make his fame (\u003cem data-start=\"1281\" data-end=\"1292\"\u003eÀ rebours\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem data-start=\"1294\" data-end=\"1302\"\u003eLà-bas\u003c\/em\u003e), Huysmans offers here a near-documentary depiction of the harsh lives of two young bookbinders, firmly inscribing the novel in the direct lineage of Zola, while already revealing his singular sensitivity to detail, atmosphere and social margins.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA very slight rubbing to the upper joint of the front cover and to one raised band of the spine, otherwise a superb copy. Some minor wear to the slipcase.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1722\" data-end=\"1737\"\u003eProvenance:\u003c\/strong\u003e from the library of Lucien Gougy (III, 1934, no. 361), then Marcel Lecomte (1900–1966), with bookplate, and later from the library of \u003cstrong data-start=\"1872\" data-end=\"1944\"\u003eRobert Schuman (1886–1963), former President of the European Council\u003c\/strong\u003e, with his ownership inscription “r.s.”.\u0026nbsp;\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Librairie Alexis Noqué","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56907516707141,"sku":"0796","price":3500.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0793\/8611\/6421\/files\/IMG_5477_jpg.jpg?v=1768814666"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.librairie-alexisnoque.fr\/en\/collections\/provenance-lucien-gougy.oembed","provider":"Librairie Alexis Noqué","version":"1.0","type":"link"}