GUSTAVE (2 volume set, complete)
Boston / London / Paris: The Frederick J. Quinby Company, 1903. Limited edition. Cloth. Limited to 1000 copies, this being #973. 2 volume set, complete. A Very Good + set 8vo, approximately 300 pages per volume. Illustrated with b&w engraved plates. Bound in dark green cloth with titles on the spines in gilt. t.e.g. Spines lightly sunned. Light shelf wear. Very Good +. Item #35578
Charles Paul de Kock (1793-1870) was a French novelist. Although one of the most popular writers of his day in terms of book sales, he acquired a literary reputation for low-brow output in poor taste. In 2021 Brad Bigelow wrote: "Today, if we set aside over-priced print on demand reprints of his ancient editions, the works of Paul de Kock haven't seen a new English edition (or translation) in at least a century."
De Kock's father, a prominent Dutch Banker, was a victim of the French Reign of Terror. Most of his books were novels, written with Paris, and Paris's nightlife as a backdrop.
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