NERVAL, Gérard de La bohème galante. Paris Michel... Lot 94

NERVAL, Gérard de La bohème galante. Paris Michel Lévy frères 1855 (1856 on the cover) Pet. in-8° (cat. cut pasted on the false title). Light fawn half-chagrin, spine with 5 nerves (spine ends rubbed, top cover missing), front cover in case-hardened paper, light green cover on boards (slightly defective and brown). (slightly def. and browned, upper board stained). Partly posthumous original edition: the titular text appeared from July 1 to December 15, 1852 in the magazine "L'Artiste", the other 7 stories had been published earlier in other collections. Ex. on publisher's paper, only a few ex. on hollande or strong vellum having been printed. Ref. Carteret II:222. - Vicaire IV:59. Prov. P. François (bookplate with owl). - Paul H. Legros (id.).