BARBEY D'AUREVILLY (Jules). *Les Diaboliques*. Paris, E. Den - Lot 227

BARBEY D'AUREVILLY (Jules). *Les Diaboliques*. Paris, E. Dentu, 1874. In-12, cherry-red coarse-grained half-maroquin, richly decorated spine, gilt head, untrimmed (see Champs). First edition of the author’s most famous work. (In French in the text, no. 300.) A very fine copy. Copy conforms to Carteret’s description, including all the typographical errors characteristic of the first edition. A few wormholes.

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