L'arbitre du joueur de piquet

First edition.
8vo in original wrappers, illustrated cover and text within a triple-ruled border.
Spine cracked, cover browned, front cover partially detached, with a marginal tear and a stain, a lack at head of spine, a tear at head of back cover near the joint, interior however fresh.
Several in-text illustrations.
On the front pastedown: "Cette édition, autographiée à dessein, est appelée à devenir très rapidement rarissime. Les exemplaires sont revêtus de la signature de l'auteur" ["This edition, deliberately autographed, is destined to become very rare very quickly. The copies bear the author's signature"].
Work published on the occasion of the Universal Exhibition of 1878, which aims to offer a synthesis of the rules of this card game with illustrations, repertoire of difficulties, and is enhanced with anecdotes, a short story, poetry and comic fantasies.