Heine, Maurice

LA MORT POSTHUME: FOUILLES D'ANTINOË [Signed]

Paris, France: [Maurice Heine], 1917. First Edition: #160/202. Square Octavo, unpaginated. In Very Good condition. Bound in Holland paper with slightly opaque glassine protective cover. Minor shelfwear to edges of covers and spine. Minor tanning to textblock, especially at edges. Small notes in pencil to top right of first free edge. Deckled pages sewn in unevenly. Textblock clean. Inscribed by Heine on facing the half-title. Loose card with Heine's name and hand-written Parisian address. Unknown signature to colophon.

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A publisher, editor, and writer, Maurice Heine is considered the "re-discoverer" of de Sade's work. A collection of poetry, "La Mort Posthume" was his first book and he inscribed this edition to notable French writer and poet, François-Jean Desthieux.