René Besson, un témoin de la Révolution

First edition, one of 600 numbered copies on ivory laid paper, the only deluxe issue.
Publisher's binding in half red Russia leather, smooth spine decorated with blind-stamped fleurons and gilt fillets, gilt friezes at head and foot, marbled paper boards, covers and spine preserved, publisher's pastiche Romantic-style binding.
A pleasant copy.
Preface by Alain Decaux.