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A smartly bound collection of works from French dramatist, poet, and novelist, Alfred de Musset. Carpenter edition, in French. Collection includes Poesies in two volumes, to volumes one and two. Comedies in three volumes, to volumes three, four, and five. Nouvelles et Contes in two volumes, to volumes six and seven. Cofession d'un Infant du Siecle in one volume, to volume eight. Melanges in one volume, to volume nine. Oevres Posthumes in one volume, to volume ten. Lastly the rare Biographie de A. de Musset written by Paul de Musset, M. Dubouchet, and M. Emile Bayard, in one volume, to volume eleven. Featuring an engraved frontispiece of Paul de Musset to volume eleven. Alfred Louis Charles de Musset-Pathay along with his poetry, is best known work his work to volume eight, La Confession d'un enfant du siècle. People that have been inspired by Musset include, Director Jean Renoir's, where his film La règle du jeu was inspired by Musset's play, Les Caprices de Marianne. As well as Henri Gervex and his 1878 painting Rolla, which was based on a poem by de Musset. It was rejected by the jury of the Salon de Paris for immorality, since it depicted a scene from the poem of a naked prostitute after having sex with her client - but the controversy helped Gervex's career. Complete in eleven volumes. In half crushed morocco bindings with marbled boards, and gilt lettering to the spines. Externally, all bindings are smart with very light, if any shelfwear. Internally, all volumes are firmly bound, bright with the odd instance of spotting. Armorial bookplate to the front pastedown of every volume. Very Good Indeed. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers EXP3-D-7
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