French poet and novelist (1842–1908) who was known as 'the poet of the humble.' Signed book: Contes en vers et Poesies diverses [Tales in verse and various poems]. First edition. Paris, France: Alphonse Lemerre, 1881. Hardcover bound in quarter leather with marbled boards, 5 x 7.5, 116 pages. Signed and inscribed in fountain pen on the half-title page to his friend and fellow poet, “A Camille Doucet, Son Ami affectueux a vous, Francois Coppee.” Autographic condition: fine. Book condition: G/None, with the front board neatly detached, wear at hinges, and a "Bibliotheque Camille Doucet" bookplate to front pastedown.
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