Arsène Houssaye — The Virtue of Rosine — original edition — Eugène Didier — 1852.
Paris, Eugène Didier, 1852. Small in-12 (8.5 x 14.5 cm.). 110pp. + 1 f.Brown half-sheepskin binding. Smooth spine adorned with golden fillets. Gold title. Corners, caps, dishes and cuts rubbed. Lack of paper at the top corner of the first cover. A few dog-eared pages(see photos above).
Rare first edition of this 'philosophical novel' first published in the Constitutional in 1844 in a different version, the author having 'made the mistake of changing the outcome for morality and for the philosophy of history' . The last five chapters are unpublished here.
Weight: 0.100 kg.
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