With dedication and letter from the author

DEDICATION COPY. HOUSSAYE, ARSÈNE. Les sentiers perdus. Paris (Paul Masgana) 1841.

8:o. (4), (3), 4-247, (1 blank) pp.
Later (early 20th century) brown half morocco, richly gilt spine in six compartments, upper edge gilt, otherwise uncut (signed Pierson on first endpaper). Dedication on halftitle dated 1878. Withbound autograph letter signed, undated, one page in 8:o on paper printed in upper left corner "Comédie Française".

Arsène Houssaye (1815 - 1896) was a French novelist, poet and man of letters.

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