Salammbô Michel Lévy frères | Paris 1863 | 16 x 24 cm | one volume bound in full morocco with custom slipcase & one letter
First edition, one of 25 numbered copies on Holland paper, the only leading copies.
Rare and very sought after according to Clouzot. Binding in full burgundy morocco, spine in four compartments, gilt place and date at the foot, gilt roll tooling on the spine ends, double gilt fillets on the leading edges, pastedown endpapers in full lilac morocco richly decorated with a central gilt cartouche enhanced with gilt interlacings, iridescent burgundy silk endpapers, following endpapers of marbled paper, covers...