Lettres à une inconnue

Sixth edition with some parts in first edition as entirely revised.
Half brown calf bindings, smooth spines ornamented with gilt dots, brown morocco title-labels and author's name, gilt friezes at head and foot, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, speckled edges, elegant contemporary bindings.
The text is preceded by a study on Mérimée by Hippolyte Taine.
Handsome copy free from any foxing and perfectly established.