MIRBEAU, Octave. Le Journal d’une femme de chambre.

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First edition of "Journal d'une femme de chambre".
A precious copy, one of 30 printed on Japon paper.

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Paris, Charpentier et Fasquelle, 1900.

Large 8vo of (4) pp., 519 pp., (1) p., (1) bl. l. preserved as issued, in the original wrappers in the imitation of a schoolboy’s notebook, untrimmed.

253 x 162 mm.

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First edition of Octave Mirbeau’s masterpiece.

Talvart, XV, pp. 253-254.

A precious copy, one of 30 printed on japon paper, the second paper after 20 copies on China. This one bears n° 30.

Mirbeau’s book is a violent indictment of the evils from which modern society suffers. It combines satire of family mores with a rather troubled sensuality. As a result, the satire slips away in places, and we see the ‘diary’ transformed, in the end, into a simple scandalous chronicle.” (Dictionnaire des Œuvres, III, 854).

A very fine copy, preserved as issued, in the original wrappers in the imitation of a schoolboy’s notebook.

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Éditeur

Paris, Charpentier et Fasquelle, 1900.

Auteur

MIRBEAU, Octave.