first edition. Binding to bradel half percaline periwinkle blue, smooth back with a gold floral design, double net gilded tail, part of title navy blue shagreen, marbled paper plates, guards and contreplats of handmade paper, wrappers preserved and bound in , contemporary binding. Signed autograph of Sully Prudhomme Edouard Grenier on the half-title page. Handwritten date problablement written by dedicatee upon receipt of the autograph dedication of the author at red paper pencil, located below the autograph; the dedicatee who also put his signature on the first plate cover, always in red pencil. Copy pleasantly set in a charming contemporary binding.