first edition 1 vols. 12mo
1891 · Paris
by Huysmans, Joris-Karl
Paris: Tresse & Stock, 1891. First edition. 1 vols. 12mo. Original printed wrappers, uncut. Some creasing and soiling. Green cloth slipcase. First edition. 1 vols. 12mo. A Classic of French Decadence. Huysmans' second major work, following A rebours (1884). "For the credulous reader in 1890s Paris, swept by occult fevers (Rosicrucianism, Theosophy, Luciferism, Vintrasism, Satanism), the novel acquired authoritative, documentary status" (Oxford Companion to Literature in French).
(Inventory #: 222958)