Edmond et Jules de Goncourt.

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Edmond et Jules de Goncourt.
In 18... Paris, Dumineray, 1851. In-12: havana jansenist morocco, ribbed spine, gold filleted edges, interior morocco framed with a large gilt lace, parchment lining and endpapers framed with gilt fillets, gilt edges on marbling, cover preserved, slipcase (Quinet). First edition of the first book of the Goncourt brothers. Amusing succession of sendings. On the cover: to Gavarni J. de Goncourt And on the false title: to Theodore Child souvenir bien amical Edmond de Goncourt to Jean Lorrain In memory of Theodore Child [illegible signature] Happy to find in friendly hands this book so well dressed, this first book of the literary beginning of the two brothers Edmond de Goncourt Thus, the copy offered to Gavarni, a close friend of the Goncourts, was acquired by Theodore Child, probably in 1866, date of the death of the cartoonist. After having requested a dedication from Edmond de Goncourt, the only one of the two brothers still alive, Child had it bound by Quinet. It is this copy, "so well dressed", which was offered by a close friend of Child to the novelist and critic Jean Lorrain, thus returning "into friendly hands" according to Edmond de Goncourt. Correspondent in France for various English and American newspapers, journalist, translator and art critic, Theodore Child (1846-1892) is quoted several times in the Journal des Goncourt. He died of cholera in Isfahan in 1892. As for Jean Lorrain, he was closely linked with Edmond de Goncourt: they met around 1883 and remained very close until Goncourt's death in 1896. Frequently quoted in the Journal, Lorrain seduced by his talent for conversation. Goncourt confessed to being captivated by the "prodigious conversation" of his younger brother of more than thirty years; he appreciated the "gossipy, foul-mouthed man" whose "rain of gossipy and spiritually amusing words" he enjoyed more than reason. Biting in the text and some staining and rubbing to the binding.
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