First edition, one of the numbered copies of the first issue printed, service de presse punch mark at head of front board. Bound in half navy blue morocco-grained shagreen with corners, spine with five raised bands, date gilt at foot, marbled paper boards, endpapers and pastedowns of combed paper, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt. Handsome copy. Signed autograph inscription from Jean Mélia to Léon Côte and his wife.