Au hasard de la route

First edition, one of 10 numbered copies on Japan imperial paper, the only deluxe copies.
Full green morocco binding, faded spine with four raised bands, black roulettes on headcaps, boards marginally faded, pastedowns in full almond green morocco set with a vegetal frieze of forest green mosaicked morocco, moiré silk and embroidered endpapers, following endpapers of marbled paper, original wrappers preserved, top edge gilt retaining deckled edges, superb full morocco doublure and mosaic binding by Marius Michel.
Cover illustrated by Alcide Théophile Robaudi.
Copy established in a full morocco doublure and mosaic binding by one of the most important binders of the 20th century.