By Jean Lorrain
Paris   Librairie Borel
5.5" by 3" 57pp.
An early edition of this beautiful novella from French writer Jean Lorrain, in the original French.
By Jean Lorrain

1897 Loreley

Paris   Librairie Borel
5.5" by 3" 57pp.
An early edition of this beautiful novella from French writer Jean Lorrain, in the original French.
£48.00
: 0.5kgs / : 927T35

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Illustrated, Leather Binding, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding

French. From Collections Edouard Guillaume "Lotus Alba". Illustrated throughout. A charming novella from Jean Lorrain, born Paul Alexandre Martin Duval, a French poet and novelist of the Symbolist school. Lorrain was a dedicated disciple of dandyism and spent much of his time amongst the fashionable artistic circles in France, as well as contributing to the satirical weekly Le Courrier Francais.

Condition

Bound in full reverse calf with the original paper wraps bound in. Externally, sound with rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Fading to the spine with small marks to the boards. A crack to the head of the spine with leather coming away from the text block slightly. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot or handling mark.

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