BARBEY D'AUREVILLY (Jules) Paris, Alexandre Cadot, 1851. An old mistress. 3 vol. in-8 (21,3 x 13 cm), half black morocco, spine stamped with gilt friezes. Sought-after first edition. A rare copy in contemporary binding, complete with false titles and errata pages in all three volumes. Bindings a little rubbed, some spotting on headpieces and spines, corners dulled, marginal restorations to the false-titles of volumes 1 and 2, some wetness to the leaves of the first volume, rare foxing. Bibliography: Carteret, Romantique, I, p. 105.