[Signed] Le The Chez Miranda Jean Moreas; Paul Adam [Very Good] [Hardcover]

An extremely scarce first edition copy of this important symbolist novel. This particular copy once belonged to Edmund Gosse, and has been signed by the author. The dedication to the half-title bears the author's inscription to Gosse. Edmund Gosse, an English poet, met Moreas in Paris 1893 during a week of absinthe drinking, which is possibly the occasion for the inscription to this book and for the sketch. Gosse wrote to Heinemann on the 6th April 'My week in Paris has been a great success, tho' quite unlike what I expected. We were mostly in the Latin Quarter, and I saw a great deal of the Symbolist poets. Mallarmé was ill, but all the rest, from Verlaine and Moréas downward, were on show, and they were extremely cordial to me'.With an original sketch tipped in as a frontispiece of Moreas and Verlaine signed 'Dauphin Meunier 31.3.93' bound in before the title.In the original French.Bookplate to the front pastedown of Edmund William Gosse.This novel is an collaboration between Jean Moreas and Paul Adam. It is one of a couple of works the two worked on together. in a contemporary half crushed morocco binding, with paper covered boards. Externally, generally smart. Light rubbing to the joints and to the extremities. Bookplate to the front pastedown, Edmund William Gosse. Signature and original drawing from the author tipped in to the frontispiece. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are age toned to the edges. Tidemark to the title page and to the tipped in page. Occasional light spots to pages. Very Good Indeed