La nuit, premières poésies 1882-1884

First edition of 300 numbered copies on vergé paper.
Navy blue Jansenist morocco by Marius Michel, spine in five compartments, date to foot, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, navy blue morocco frame with seven gilt fillets to pastedowns, covers and spine preserved, all edges gilt.
Rare autograph inscription signed by Rodolphe Darzens on his first work.
A fine copy in a superb binding by Marius Michel.
Provenance : collection of Marius Michel, with his ex libris on one endpaper.