[GERMAIN, Louise-Denise] - COPPÉE, François.

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[GERMAIN, Louise-Denise] - COPPÉE, François.
Arrière-Saison, poems. Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, 1887. In-18 [189 x 132] of (2) ff., 58 pp, (1 f.) : raspberry calf, embossed floral decoration and silver lamé on the vertical edges of the boards, extended on the spine on the sides of the spine ; author, title and year of edition in cold with a stylus on the first board, double palladium fillet on the inside, painted linings and endpapers, gilt edges on witnesses, cover and spine preserved, case (Louise-Denise Germain). First edition : one of the first 7 copies on China paper. Signed autograph letter : To my dearest Maria // This book inspired by her and written // for her // F rançois Coppée. The copy is enriched with 13 autographed poems, out of the 18 pieces of the collection, and two other poems that do not appear in it; mounted on tabs, most of them have a sending to Maria. Maria was apparently François Coppée's childhood friend. She is probably the Maria Gérard of the author's novel Toute une jeunesse. Decorated binding of Louise-Denise Germain of a great charm. "This piece is an example of the embossed leather decorations punctuated with tiny silver blades made by L.-D. Germain in her early years, even if the design of the endpapers pleads for a later realization" (Fabienne Le Bars). A perfectly preserved copy. Provenance : Maria, with autograph sending - Louis Barthou, with bookplate (sale II, 1935, n° 672) - Jean A. Bonna, with bookplate. Exhibition : Paris, Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal, 2017, n° 62.
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