Les mystères du collège

First edition.
Half blonde calf binding, smooth spine decorated with stripes and double gilt fillets, shagreen title label, trace of rubbing to headcap, corners slightly bumped.
Inscription from a previous owner of the work as a gift.
Illustrations by E. Lorsay.
Life in a 19th-century college: The return to school, recreation, the refectory, the dormitory, the infirmary, the supervisor, the prize distribution at the Sorbonne.