L'eau de jouvence

first edition.
Binding half caramel calf, back smoothes decorated with gilded nets and dotted, golden tail date, title piece of chocolate morocco small traces of restoration on a bit, marbled paper plates, a slight lack of skin Length of the first flat, guards and contreplats of handmade paper, dotted gilded on the cuts, sprinkled edges, corners bumped, contemporary binding.
Signed autograph Ernest Renan to his friends Perrot.
autograph dedication of the author having been trimmed slightly by the bookbinder.
Pleasant copy.