MUSSET (Alfred de). UnSpectacle dans un fauteuil. Paris, lib - Lot 115

MUSSET (Alfred de). UnSpectacle dans un fauteuil. Paris, librairie d'Eugène Renduel, 1833 (volume of verse); Paris, librairie de la Revue des deux mondes; Londres, Baillière, 1834 (2volumes of prose). Altogether 3 volumes in-8, (4of which the last is blank)-288-(4of which the 2 versos are blank)+(4of which the last is blank)-vii-(one blank)-366-(2dof which the second is blank)+(4of which the last is blank)-353-(3dof which the first and last are blank)pp., red morocco, spine ribbed, cloisonné and fleuronné, triple gilt fillet framing the covers, filleted edges, gilt inner lace, gilt edges over marbling; washed copy; all set in a brown basane lined and edged slipcase; a few small stains on the binding (Cuzin). First edition. "Very rare set, the last two volumes having been partially destroyed" (Marcel Clouzot). In verse: the play Àquoi rêvent les jeunes filles, the poetic suite Namouna, etc. In prose: the plays Lorenzaccio, Les Caprices de Marianne, Fantasio, On ne badine pas avec l'amour, etc. A superb copy.