MAUPASSANT, Guy de (1850-93). Le Rosier de Madame Husson. Illustrations par Habert Dys. Eaux-fortes de E. Abot, d' aprés Desprès, Paris: Maison Quantin, 1888, 4°, FIRST EDITION, limited to 1050 copies, this number 881 of 1000 copies on vélin du Marais, etched frontispiece after Després (spotted at margins), illustrations by Dys surrounding text printed in varying tints, contemporary blue half morocco for M. Tourmeaux (lower joints cracked), original illustrated wrappers bound in (but browned), t.e.g. [Talvart & Place XIII, p. 258: 25A] -- GAUBERT, Ernest. Les Petites Passionnés. Illustrations de Chatelaine, Paris: L. Borel, 1901, sm. 8°, FIRST EDITION, this one of 10 copies on papier du Japon, illustrations by Chatelaine, contemporary blue half morocco with gilt-tooled design of exotic leaves on section of upper cover, elaborate gilt inner dentelles (corners bumped), original illustrated wrappers bound in, t.e.g. [Talvart & Place VI, p. 293: 4]; and 6 other leather-bound books, all illustrated and on special paper. (8)