Adolphe Belot; Ernest Daudet; Jules Dautin — La Venus de Gordes le Parricide

Paris, Achille Faure, Libraire-Editeur; E. Dentu; Libraire de la Societe des Gens de Lettres, 1867-1873. Leather. A half calf binding of two Adolphe Belot novels in French, bound together, and including the very scarce 'La Venus de Gordes&apos. A very scarce binding of these two late 19th Century French novels. 'La Venus de Gordes' is a very scarce work, with four records on Jisc. Both are the work of French playwright and novelist Louis Marc Adolphe Belot; 'Venus' being the joint work of Belot and French journalist Ernest Daudet, and 'Parricide' being the joint work of Belot and Jules Dautin. Bound in half calf and marbled boards, with gilt detail to spine, with red speckled text block edges. Bound in original half calf and marbled boards. Externally, a little worn. Moderate rubbing and bumping to extremities. The odd mark to boards. Slight lifting to front board bottom edge. Front joint slightly starting towards head, but firm. Front hinge broken, but holding. The odd minor spot to endpapers. Internally, firmly bound. Pages generally bright and clean, with occasional moderate spotting. Good . Ill.: None. Good .