A German translation of de Musset’s “Gamiani ou deux nuits d’excès” illustrated with a reprint title-page and 11 (instead of 16) hand-coloured photogravures after original lithographs by Devéria and Henri Grévedon or Octave Tassaert for 1833 edition, though from the re-drawn stones. Large volume, 40.5 x 31 cm, collated 4to, in black calf with lettering and elaborate gilt border to front and blind border to back, outer and bottom margins uncut, marbled endpapers, text and plates printed on wove paper. The reprint t.p. is different from the original one; in the 1833 edition, the line deux nuits d’excès is waving while here it is straight.
Letterpress title-page: ALFRED DE MUSSET | GAMIANI | ODER | ZWEI NÄCHTE DER AUSSCHWEIFUNG ||
Reprint title-page: Gamiani | OU | DEUX NUITS D’EXCÈS. | {vignette} | Bruxelles | 1833 ||
Collation: π2 1-74 82, total 32 leaves plus reprint t.p. and 11 plates.
Pagination: [4] [1] 2-59 [60], total 64 pages, ils.
Limitation: Edition limited to 300 numbered copies, of which this is copy № 32.
Contributors:
Alfred de Musset (French, 1810 – 1857) – author.
Karl Spieler (German, 19th/20th century) – author of the foreword and translator.
Achille Devéria (French, 1800 – 1857) – artist (attributed).
Pierre Louis Henri Grévedon (French, 1776 – 1860) – artist (attributed).
Octave Tassaert (French, 1800 – 1874) – artist (attributed).
Catalogue raisonné: Dutel (1650-1880) № A-460, p. 149; Eros invaincu № 68, p. 171-3.
