First edition, one of 343 numbered copies on Arches paper, ours one of the few hors commerce copies reserved for the author. Autograph inscription signed by Gaspard-Michel to the wife of Joannin Ardouin who was proofreader at Emile-Paul frères in the form of verse. Endpapers partially and lightly shaded, otherwise handsome copy with fragile covers without any defect.