Bel-Ami

First edition on ordinary paper.
Contemporary half brown cloth Bradel binding over marbled paper boards, double fillet and gilt date to foot of spine, red shagreen title-label, covers mounted on guards and preserved, ex libris of Léon Hennique by Léon Glaize (engraved by E. Dété) on the front endpaper.
Handsome autograph inscription signed by Guy de Maupassant : "A Léon Hennique, son ami [For Léon Hennique, his friend]".
A very good copy in an attractive contemporary binding made for Léon Hennique.