Scènes de la Vie de Bohème
BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD 0578
Author
Murger, Henry (1822-1861)
Title
Scènes de la Vie de Bohème
Statement of responsibility
Par Henry Murger
Place of publication
Paris
Publisher
Bibliothèque Larousse
Series
Bibliothèque Larousse
Printer
Imp. Larousse
Date
Ca. 1915
Imprint (isbd)
Paris : Bibliothèque Larousse, ca. 1915
Language
French
Edition
Popular illustrated edition
Alternative title
La Vie de Bohème
Short title
Scènes de la Vie de Bohème
Original work
Scènes de la Vie de Bohème
Original language
French
Print run
Commercial illustrated edition
Collation
289 pages
Illustrations
4 plates outside the text
Maps
None
Format
Octavo (8vo)
Dimensions
19.5 × 14 cm
Typographic signatures
Not identified
Paper type
Toned industrial paper
Watermarks
Not identified
Printing condition
Clear and legible letterpress printing; abundant foxing present throughout numerous pages
Binding type
Half leather binding with cloth-covered boards
Colours
Black and maroon
Decoration
Gilt titles on spine
Spine
Black leather spine heavily worn, with significant loss of surface covering; visible remains of the gilt initials «A.G.»
Content description
Emblematic nineteenth-century French novel portraying the lives of artists, writers and bohemian students in Romantic Paris. The work recounts the experiences of Rodolphe, Marcel, Schaunard, Colline and Mimi, becoming one of the most influential literary representations of Parisian bohemian life. Includes bibliography, preface, twenty-three chapters and an epilogue.
Note 1
Fundamental work of French literature that inspired Giacomo Puccini's opera La Bohème.
Note 2
Bibliothèque Larousse edition attributable to the first quarter of the twentieth century.
Note 3
The exact publication date does not appear in the examined images; the dating is approximate.
Note 4
Printed by Imp. Larousse, 1 à 9, rue d'Arcueil, Montrouge (Seine).
Note 5
Preserves an early utilitarian binding different from the publisher's usual trade binding for the series.
Main subject
French literature
Subsubjects
French novel; Parisian bohemian life; Romanticism; Artistic life; Paris; Nineteenth century
Shelfmark
0578
Condition
Fair condition; significant wear to the spine, widespread foxing throughout the paper, complete text block
Provenance
Biblioteca de Alfred Gallart i Genis
Copy notes
Copy with visible remains of the gilt initials «A.G.» on the spine. Retains the four plates announced on the title page. Complete copy with abundant age-related foxing throughout the volume.