MUSSET (Alfred de). Complete works, with unpublished letters - Lot 142

MUSSET (Alfred de). Complete works, with unpublished letters, variants, notes, index, facsimile, biographical note biographical note by his brother. P., Charpentier, 1865-66. 10 vol. gr. in-8, full gel. in blue morocco, spines decorated, triple thread on covers, thread on edges, inner tooth, gilt tr. (Trautz-Bauzonnet). FIRST COLLECTIVE EDITION, known as the "Friends of the Poet" edition, the letters by Musset it contains are in their original editions. Remarkably printed by Claye on fine Rives paper and numbered (ex. No. 19, printed in the name of M. Ed. Bocher). It is decorated with a portrait and 28 out-of-text figures by Bida, steel-engraved under the direction of M. H. Dupont and printed on chine fixé, avant la lettre. STRICTLY EPOQUE BINDING of the finest edition of the great poet's works. Ex-libris Robert Hoë.