Trente-six ballades joyeuses

First edition on ordinary paper.
Bradel binding in full blue cloth, smooth spine faded, navy shagreen title label, marbled paper boards, original wrappers preserved.
Precious autograph inscription signed by Théodore de Banville.
With frontispiece portrait of the author by G. Geoffroy.
Work preceded by a history of the ballad by Charles Asselineau.
Minor marginal worming without gravity where the inscription appears, otherwise handsome copy.