Paris: Michel Lévy frères 1874. Fine. Michel Lévy frères Paris 1874 14.50 x 21.80 cm relié First edition. The first edition was so rapidly exhausted that a new one had to be printed a few months later. Contemporary half red shagreen binding. Spine with raised bands decorated with 3 fleurons and blind fillets gilt title and volume number. Some traces of rubbing. Handsome copy almost free from foxing with fresh paper. These famous letters were addressed to Jenny Jeanne Françoise Dacquin from 1841 to 1870 the last of which was written two hours before the author's death. Hippolyte Taine's preface constitutes one of the first and best testimonials about the writer. While Mérimée complained of being unable to devote time to a true work he unknowingly conceived his ultimate masterpiece with this collection of letters. Library stamps on title page: Ecole Cardinal Pie Montmorillon. Bibliothèque diocésaine Poitiers. Michel Lévy frères hardcover
Paris: Calmann Lévy 1881. Fine. Calmann Lévy Paris 1881 14 x 22.50 cm 2 volumes reliés First edition. Bound in half straw yellow shagreen spines with five raised bands set with black fillets decorated with double black compartments at whose centers the gilt cipher of the great bibliophile Roger de Cormenin is repeated four times navy blue morocco title and volume labels light scratches of no consequence at head of joints marbled paper boards marbled endpapers and pastedowns top edges gilt near-contemporary bindings. Work illustrated with two portraits of Prosper Mérimée by A. Leveille as frontispieces to the volumes. Provenance: from the library of Roger de Cormenin son of Louis de Cormenin who was the confidant and secretary of Théophile Gautier and also the intimate friend of Gustave Flaubert. A handsome copy. Calmann Lévy hardcover
Paris: Michel Lévy frères 1874. Fine. Michel Lévy frères Paris 1874 13.50 x 22 cm 2 volumes reliés Sixth edition with some parts in first edition as entirely revised. Half brown calf bindings smooth spines ornamented with gilt dots brown morocco title-labels and author's name gilt friezes at head and foot marbled paper boards marbled endpapers and pastedowns speckled edges elegant contemporary bindings. The text is preceded by a study on Mérimée by Hippolyte Taine. Handsome copy free from any foxing and perfectly established. Michel Lévy frères hardcover
Paris: La Revue de Paris 1898. Fine. La Revue de Paris Paris 1898 &1910 16.50 x 25 cm 2 volumes reliés First edition for each volume. Full brown morocco bindings smooth spines double framed in gilt headpieces lined in gilt boards elaborately framed in gilt beige morocco pastedowns framed in gilt brown moiré silk free endpapers following free endpapers in mould made paper all edges gilt original soft covers preserved superb contemporary bindings signed by M. Lortic. The first volume contains two original ink drawings by Prosper Mérimée: the first captioned and signed in the lower right corner depicting the Duke of Brunswick the second a tree and a wooded landscape with a handwritten inscription in Russian ""Grâce à Dieu"" and ""Gloire à Dieu gloire à vous"". A very fine set magnificently bound by M. Lortic. La Revue de Paris paperback
Librio 2001. 2001. Softcover. Mateo Falcone: Suivi De Tamango La Partie De Trictrac Le vase Etrusque <br/><br/>Mateo Falcone: Suivi De Tamango La Partie De Trictrac Le vase Etrusque Prosper Mérimée Librio paperback
Paris: H. Fournier jeune 1833. Fine. H. Fournier jeune Paris 1833 13 x 20 cm relié First edition. Half-shagreen binding of the late 19th century. Smooth spine decorated with repeated romantic tooling title and date in gilt. Top edge gilt. Spine uniformly sunned. Light scattered foxing. Bookplate with crowned cipher Alfred and Blanche de Curzon. Alfred de Curzon was a French painter deceased in 1895. This collection contains important short stories by the author including Mateo Falcone L'enlèvement de la Redoute Vision de Charles XI Le vase étrusque. H. Fournier jeune unknown
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