First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy. Spine lightly browned with a small tear at head. We include documents relating to the town of Beauvais. Work illustrated with 108 plates. Striking autograph inscription signed by Jean Ajalbert to Jean Lefranc: "... en marge de la littérature empoisonnée de tous les virus de la politicaille arrondissementière et locale..." ["... on the margins of literature poisoned by all the viruses of local and district politics..."]