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177 - HUYSMANS (Joris-Karl). Saint Lydwine of Schiedam.
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Estimate €400 - €600

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HUYSMANS (Joris-Karl). Saint Lydwine of Schiedam. First edition containing a handwritten letter by Huysmans. Paris, Stock, 1901. Large in-8 (240x180mm), paperback, marbled paper-covered hardback folder and slipcase. [1f.] [1f. manuscript mounted on tab], xxiiipp. - 347pp. Gothic lettering in red and black. Slipcase worn, spine cover slightly soiled. First edition. One of 80 numbered copies on Hollande paper. A LEAFLET OF HUYSMANS' MANUSCRIPT, written in bistre ink on wood pulp paper evidently taken from a notebook (slight line spacing visible) which is mounted on a mitre. It corresponds to page 276 of this volume, in chapter XV. It contains numerous erasures, indentations and annotations (see photos). This work is a hagiography dedicated to Saint Lidwine, a young Dutchwoman of the fifteenth century who became crippled after a fall on the ice. Huysmans recounts her life of extreme suffering, which she accepted as a path to redemption and mystical union with God. Through this portrait, Huysmans highlights Catholic spirituality, redemptive pain and asceticism, the central themes of his religious period. In a way, it illustrates his spiritual conversion and contrasts with his initial naturalism, proposing a style of writing imbued with faith, symbolism and contemplation.

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177 - HUYSMANS (Joris-Karl). Saint Lydwine of Schiedam. See original version (French)

177 - HUYSMANS (Joris-Karl). Saint Lydwine of Schiedam.
See original version (French)