Scènes de la vie militaire

First edition of the French translation for which no deluxe copies are mentioned.
Half full anthracite grey morocco binding, lightened spine with five raised bands set with black fillets, date and place gilt at foot, gilt roulettes on headcaps, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, framed with a wide gilt dentelle on pastedowns, double gilt fillets on leading edges, all edges gilt, covers preserved, superb contemporary binding signed by Paul Vié.
Some foxing.
Copy magnificently bound in a full signed contemporary binding.