Octave MIRBEAU. Lot n° 70

Les Vingt et Un Jours d'un neurasthénique. Paris, Eugène Fasquelle, 1901. Fort in-12: red morocco, spine ribbed and decorated with cold filets, eight cold filets framing the boards, gold filleted edges, red morocco lining framed with four gilt filets, red silk endpapers, gilt edges on witnesses, cover and spine preserved, case (Semet et plumelle) First edition. One of the first 10 copies on Japan paper (no. 5). A famous collection of cruel tales that appeared in the press over a period of fifteen years and are linked by a single narrator: the work appeared shortly after Le Jardin des supplices (1899) and Le Journal d'une femme de chambre (1900), whose acidic vein it continues. A perfect copy. From the libraries of Raoul Simonson and Louis de Sadeleer, with their bookplates: two of the most famous and discerning Belgian amateurs.