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All CollectionsFirst edition, one of 50 numbered copies on Holland paper, this copy bearing No. 1, the only deluxe copies.
Half dark green morocco binding with corners, spine with five raised bands decorated with gilt stippling and ornamented with double gilt compartments richly embellished with gilt typographical motifs, gilt date at foot, frame of gilt fillets on marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved, top edge gilt retaining its deckled edges, contemporary binding signed by Lancelin.
Handsome full-margined copy in fine condition.
Provenance: from the library of Paul Ollendorff.