Theophile Gautier — Mademoiselle de Maupin

Paris, Bibliotheque-Charpentier, 1892. Leather. A smartly bound new edition of this historical romance novel, in the original French. French. New edition. A historical romance based on the life of French opera star Mademoiselle Maupin, who was a first-rate swordswoman and often went about disguised as a man. Gautier turned the plot into a simple love triangle between a man, d'Albert, and his mistress, Rosette, who both fall in love with Madelaine de Maupin, disguised as a man named Theodore. Written by Pierre Jules Theophile Gautier, a French poet, dramatist, novelist, journalist, and art and literary critic. Bound in full green crushed morocco. Externally, smart with minor rubbing and light bumping to the extremities. Light fading to the spine with the odd mark to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd mark. Age toning to the extremities. Pencil inscription to the front endpaper. Previous owner's bookplate to the front pastedown. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .