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All CollectionsFirst edition, one of the rare copies on Japan paper, ours specially printed for Paul Ollendorff.
Half navy blue morocco binding with corners, spine with five raised bands set with gilt dots decorated with double gilt compartments richly embellished with gilt typographical motifs as well as a mosaic piece of hazel morocco, gilt date at foot, very light traces of rubbing without consequence on the spine, double gilt fillet frame on marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt, contemporary unsigned binding but attributable to Lancelin.
Handsome copy agreeably bound.
Provenance: from the library of Paul Ollendorff.