Précis pour la demoiselle Leblanc de Crouzoul contre le sieur Poinsinet le jeune, défendeur

First edition, rare.
Half morocco binding with long grain, early 20th century, smooth spine, date at foot, Jules Claretie's gilt monogram at foot of spine. A curious affair where a woman asks a man of letters who has become famous to return her gold repeating watch, he claiming that an artist under 25 years of age is not bound to honesty, etc... Provenance: from the library of Jules Claretie.