Portraits de cire

First edition.
Bradel binding in half turquoise cloth with corners, smooth spine decorated with gilt fleuron, gilt date and double fillet at foot, hazel shagreen title-label with minor scuffs, marbled paper boards, pink and gilt endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spine preserved, binding signed by Vermorel.
Concerning Guy de Maupassant, Puvis de Chavannes, Jean Richepin, Yvette Guilbert... Handsome copy.