Detached thoughts. Fragments sur les femmes.
Paris, Lemerre, 1889.
In-12 of (4) ff. (the first blank), 85, (1) pp. and (1) f., half red morocco with corners, spine ribbed with title and date in gilt, untrimmed, gilt head, cover and spine kept (Canape).
First edition, dedicated by Barbey to his friend the Austrian countess Emmy de Némethy, author of several works under the pseudonym Jean de Néthy.
"The detached thought, it is the arrow which flies [...], it vibrates, it crosses, it will strike. Well, let's see! Will these ones strike?" (Introduction).
Emotional copy enriched, on the false-title, with this letter written in Louise Read's hand and signed in red ink with a trembling hand by Barbey:
To Octave Uzanne, from his friend, Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly.
One of the very last dedications of Barbey d'Aurevilly, who died on April 23, 1889.
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