GAUTIER, Théophile.

£4,750 · Offered by Peter Harrington · No longer available

The Works. Japanese Imperial Vellum edition, number 3 of 180 sets only, printed on vellum, beautifully illustrated with hand-coloured frontispieces, and in the original luxurious uniform binding by one of the finest Parisian ateliers of the period, Trautz-Bauzonnet.Théophile Gautier (1811-1872) is best known as a staunch defender of Romanticism and as a literary critic who was in great part responsible for the formulation of l'art pour l'art, art for art's sake, the doctrine which became so essential to the later production and consumption of art in all kinds of styles and traditions. His comprehensive oeuvre includes travel narratives as well as novels, plays, poems, and critical essays.

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