Various; Theophile Gautier; Swinburne et al. — Le Tombeau de Theophile Gautier

Paris , Alphonse Lemerre, Editeur , 1873. First edition. Leather. A morocco-bound first edition of this poetical collection, published in memory of French author Theophile Gautier. First edition.Bound in signed full morocco by Bradstreet's. Bound with the original wraps. With an illustrated frontispiece of Gautier.A poetical tribute to Pierre Jules Theophile Gautier, with contributors including Victor Hugo, Emile Blemont, Leon Cladel, E Corra, John Payne and Swinburne. All poems to this work are in the original language. Therefore, the majority of the work is in French, with the poems by Swinburne and Payne typically in English. Algernon Swinburne contributed six poems, four of which are in English, one in Latin, and one in Greek. Bound in signed full morocco by Bradstreet's, with gilt dentelles. Externally, rear board detached but present. Front joint is starting but firm. Discolouration to the morocco. Rubbing to the extremities. Upper hinge cracked. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with slight toning to the endpapers and the odd spot. Good Only . Ill.: None. Good Only .