First edition on ordinary paper. Half dark brown cloth over marbled paper boards, mustard-colored paper endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt. Handsome and moving inscription from Alphonse Daudet to his mother-in-law Léonide. This copy is enriched with an autograph note on two pages by François Daudet, which traces the path of this work within the Daudet family. Illustrated by Luigi Rossi. A good copy.