La maison des dames

First edition, one of 5 numbered copies on Holland paper, the only deluxe copies.
Half brown morocco with corners, smooth spine decorated with a gilt cartouche embellished with blind typographical motifs and a brown morocco mosaic band, gilt fillets framing the marbled paper boards, black discoloration stains on the margins of the boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt retaining its deckled edges, original wrappers and spine preserved, contemporary binding signed by Capelle.
Some foxing mainly affecting the margins of certain leaves.
Rare.