MIRBEAU, Octave. Le Journal d’une femme de chambre.

First edition of Octave Mirbeau’s masterpiece.

Talvart, XV, pp. 253-254.

A precious copy, one of 30 printed on japon paper, the second paper after 20 copies on China. This one bears n° 30.

“Mirbeau’s book is a violent indictment of the evils from which modern society suffers. It combines satire of family mores with a rather troubled sensuality. As a result, the satire slips away in places, and we see the ‘diary’ transformed, in the end, into a simple scandalous chronicle.” (Dictionnaire des Œuvres, III, 854).

A very fine copy, preserved as issued, in the original wrappers in the imitation of a schoolboy’s notebook.