REF. 0381

L'Écornifleur

Jules Renard

Publisher: Paul Ollendorff
Place: Paris
Date: 1892
Format: In-8 (188 x 124 mm)
Binding: Devauchelle
Collation: (4) ff., 313 pp.
Language: French
Century: 19th century
Distinctive features: From the library of Catulle Mendès

Condition report

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RENARD, Jules. L'Écornifleur.
Paris, Paul Ollendorff, 1892.

In-8 (188 x 124 mm): [4] ff. 313 pp. Covers and spine preserved. Brown half-maroquin, spine with faux-nerves, author and title stamped in gold, date at tail of spine, gilt head, slipcase (Devauchelle).

First edition.
A superb copy, with the press clipping announcing the death of Jules Renard - with his photograph - attached.
Association copy to Catulle Mendès, 9 February 1892.

Relatively uncommon, this was Jules Renard's first successful novel. In it, he humorously depicts the shortcomings of the bourgeoisie at the end of the 19th century.

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