Portraits contemporains

First edition, one of 100 numbered copies on Holland paper, the only deluxe copies.
Bradel binding in half red morocco with corners, smooth spine decorated with a gilt fleuron, gilt date at foot, cat's-eye paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved, bookplate pasted on a pastedown.
A handsome full-margined copy handsomely bound.
Only the copies on Holland paper contain the two proofs of Théophile Gautier's portrait: the one on Holland and the one before letters on China paper.