[GAUTIER (Théophile)]. - Lot 96

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[GAUTIER (Théophile)]. - Lot 96
[GAUTIER (Théophile)]. Le Tombeau de Théophile Gautier. Paris : Alphonse Lemerre, 1873. - In-4, half brown morocco with corners, spine gilt, untrimmed (Marmid?). First edition illustrated with an etched portrait of Théophile Gautier by Bracquemond. In publishing this collection, Alphonse Lemerre wanted to renew a Renaissance tradition where poets raised literary tombs to their illustrious dead. This one pays tribute to Théophile Gautier and brings together more than 90 poems by his peers and friends such as Victor Hugo, Paul Arène, Théodore de Banville, Émile Bergerat, Jules Claretie, Louise Colet, Charles Cros, Camille Doucet, Anatole France, José-Maria de Heredia, Jules Janin, Leconte de Lisle, Stéphane Mallarmé, Catulle Mendès, Frédéric Mistral, Charles Monselet, Armand Silvestre, Swinburne, etc. Copy on edition laid paper, well bound. Rubbing from use on the spine.
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