Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev (1818-1883)
Une nichée de gentilshommes [A Nest of Gentlefolk, sometimes: Home of the Gentry.] Paris: Collection Hetzel, E. Dentu, 1861.
Presentation copy of the first French edition in book form, inscribed by the author to the French dramatist Émile Augier: ‘à Mr Emile Augier / souvenir amical / de l’auteur / Paris. 1862.’ A Nest of Gentlefolk is ‘the most universally acclaimed work that Turgenev ever wrote’ and ‘provoked an enormous quantity of literature, both at the time and later' (Schapiro). ‘'No other work by Turgenev is quite so 'Turgenevan' as this novel [...] It is a novel without stridency, true to life in the subtlety of its detail, well-wrought in the care and delicacy of its dialogue and descriptive writing, touched by a wry humorousness and the lustre of a warm, civilized intelligence' (Freeborn). Schapiro, Turgenev. His Life and Times (Harvard: 1982), p.153. Waddington and Montreynaud 18.

12mo (174 x 110mm). Half-title (a few faint spots). Contemporary red quarter pebble-grain cloth over boards (trivial wear); housed in modern cloth slipcase. Provenance: Émile Augier (1820-1889, French dramatist; inscription from the author on half-title) – sold Paris, Ader Nordmann, 29 Nov 2016, lot 140.

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