Feu et Flamme

Very rare and sought-after first edition, according to Clouzot, printed in only 300 copies.
Full red morocco binding, spine with five raised bands decorated with black fillets, gilt date at foot, gilt roulettes on headcaps, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, frame of gilt dentelle on pastedowns, double gilt fillets on edges, top edge gilt, original wrappers preserved, full marbled paper slipcase with marbled paper lining, perfect binding signed by Thivet, a binder who worked during the last quarter of the 19th century.
Bookplate pasted on one pastedown, bibliophilic notes in pencil on an endpaper by a previous owner of the work.
Handsome copy of one of the rarest "Romantics," complete with the frontispiece on China paper, drawn and engraved by Célestin Nanteuil.