Lot n° 108
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EUR
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: 442EUR
BARBEY D'AUREVILLY (Jules) - Lot 108
BARBEY D'AUREVILLY (Jules)
Les Misérables by M. V. Hugo. Paris, Chez tous les libraires, 1862. In-12, red half-maroquin with corners, gilt head, untrimmed, cover (Durvand).
First edition of this merciless review of Victor Hugo's novel-fleuve, which Barbey d'Aurevilly roundly condemned, going so far as to compare the work to a magnificent puffed omelette that is about to flatten!
Relations had gradually soured, to the point where Victor Hugo, from exile, retorted with a simple "Barbey d'Aurevilly, idiot", which his countless admirers promptly graffitied on the walls of Paris (cf. cat. Barbey d'Aurevilly, 1989, no. 283).
Two small scratches on the first cover.
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