signed first edition [iv], 367, [368, blank], [4] pp. 1 vols. 8vo
1869 · Paris
by Leconte de Lisle, Charles-Marie-René
Paris: Lemerre, 1869. First edition. [iv], 367, [368, blank], [4] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Half violet morocco and marbled boards by René Kieffer, with ticket inside flyleaf. Spine toned. Very good plus. First edition. [iv], 367, [368, blank], [4] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Inscribed to Théophile Gautier. A volume of translations by the classicist poet Charles Leconte de Lisle, parnassian and friend of Baudelaire and Gautier. Leconte de Lisle (1818-1894) was a long-time librarian at the Luxembourg, and was elected to Victor Hugo's chair at the Academie française in 1887.
Théophile Gautier (1811-1872), a prolific author, critic, and journalist, was rejected at the Academie française on three occasions in the 1860s. In 1868 he accepted a post as librarian to the Princess Mathilde Bonaparte.
Inscribed on the half title, "à Théophile Gautier, son admirateur sincère, Leconte de Lisle". (Inventory #: 302640)
Théophile Gautier (1811-1872), a prolific author, critic, and journalist, was rejected at the Academie française on three occasions in the 1860s. In 1868 he accepted a post as librarian to the Princess Mathilde Bonaparte.
Inscribed on the half title, "à Théophile Gautier, son admirateur sincère, Leconte de Lisle". (Inventory #: 302640)