Accession number
Heineman 412
Creator
Maupassant, Guy de, 1850-1893.
Published
Paris: A. Magnier, 1897.
Credit line
Gift of the trustees of the Dannie and Hettie Heineman Collection, 1977.
Notes
"300 exemplaires numérotes à la presse."
The first separate ed.
Title vignette.
No. 27 of 38 copies "sur papier de Chine extra-fort."
Bound in are the original water-color drawing for the front cover, a set of proofs on India paper of the vignettes in the text, the full page illustrations in three states, with the remarks, proof before and with the letter, and a copy of the prospectus for the book.
The first separate ed.
Title vignette.
No. 27 of 38 copies "sur papier de Chine extra-fort."
Bound in are the original water-color drawing for the front cover, a set of proofs on India paper of the vignettes in the text, the full page illustrations in three states, with the remarks, proof before and with the letter, and a copy of the prospectus for the book.
Description
vii, 110 p., 1 l. incl. plates. facsim., illus., port. 26 cm
Provenance
Dannie and Hettie Heineman. The autograph ms. of this story is in the Heineman collection.
Binding
Blue morocco, gilt, by Ch. de Samblanx. Uncut, with the original wrappers bound in.
Classification
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Department