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HUYSMANS (Joris-Karl). *À Rebours*.
See original version (French)
108
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HUYSMANS (Joris-Karl). *À Rebours*.
See original version (French)
Estimate €1,000 - €1,200
Voluntary lot
Description
HUYSMANS (Joris-Karl). *À Rebours*. Paris, Charpentier, 1884. In-12, brown half-calf, plain spine, cover (contemporary binding). First edition of Huysmans’s masterpiece.
A manifesto of fin-de-siècle decadence, *À Rebours* is “highly sought-after, even in its standard edition” (Clouzot), because only 12 copies were printed on large-format paper, making them absolutely rare.
“When *À Rebours* was published in 1884, the novel baffled his Naturalist friends. It broke with sordid reality by exploring uncharted paths. [...] This ‘breviary of decadence’ enjoyed unexpected success and even struck a chord with English aesthetes’ (Jacques Lethève).
Spine slightly faded.
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About the sale
Eros & Thanatos – Selected extracts from the L-D S library
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Auction time
10/07/2026 at 2:00 PM
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