GAUTIER, Théophile. Mademoiselle de Maupin. A romance of love and passion. Gibbings & Co. 1899
Ad. leaf preceding title, final ad. leaf. Orig. mustard-brown cloth, lettered in gilt, dec. in maroon; sl. dulled, two small ink marks. Still a good-plus attractive copy.
¶Mademoiselle de Maupin, 1835-36. First English edition, 1887. A novel known more for its 46pp preface: a manifesto of 'l'Art pour l'Art' movement.
Stock #39380
£65
46, Great Russell Street - (opp. British Museum) - Bloomsbury, London WC1B 3PA
