MIRBEAU Octave. Letters from my cottage. Paris,... Lot 47

MIRBEAU Octave. Letters from my cottage. Paris, A. Laurent 1886. In-12, half calf with green embossed and stained decoration, extending on the smooth spine : figure of a skeleton carrying the body of a woman, surmounting the head of Christ, gilt head, cover preserved roughly restored (Binding signed L. D. : Louis Dezé). First edition, printed at 1000 copies. Letter a. s. on the false title to Félicien Champsaur (1858 - 1934): " En témoignage de ma vive symppathie et de ma reconnaissance. Octave Mirbeau". Small tears without missing on the false title. Hinges rubbed.