La Dame aux Camélias

DUMAS fils, Alexandre. La Dame aux Camélias.
Paris: Carteret, 1929.

Quarto (287 x 220 mm). (2) ff., 297 pp., (3) ff. Original wrappers and spine preserved.
Full blue morocco, covers with a triple gilt fillet border, a rose bouquet onlaid in white, green, red and pink at the centre of the front cover, raised bands with decorated compartments, author, title, date and place of publication in gilt, double gilt fillet to board edges, top edge gilt, gilt roll to turn-ins (Ch. de Samblanx).

Illustrated edition, a limited deluxe edition.
One of 175 copies on Rives vellum paper, ours no. 111.

First published in 1848, La Dame aux Camélias is one of the founding texts of the modern sentimental novel and remains the most celebrated work of Alexandre Dumas fils. Inspired by his relationship with Marie Duplessis, the story of Marguerite Gautier at once established itself as a literary myth before enjoying an exceptional career on stage and in opera, notably with Verdi's La Traviata.

From the library of the Baron de Launoit; his bookplate.