First edition, one of 25 nominative numbered copies on hollande, deluxe copies after 12 Japan enriched with a suite of illustrations on chine and 12 nominative hors commerce and numbered copies on rose paper. Work illustrated with two portraits and seven facsimiles, our copy containing, as stipulated in the justification page, the suite of illustrations on vergé d'arches. The slipcase is lacking, spine very lightly sunned without consequence. Fine full-margined copy of this unpublished short story by Honoré de Balzac.