First edition in French, one of 150 numbered copies on vélin neige paper reserved for bibliophiles of Sélections Lardanchet, the only deluxe copies. A small area of sunning at head of spine extending slightly onto the back board. Rare and handsome copy of this masterpiece magnificently adapted for cinema by Luchino Visconti, (Palme d'Or at Cannes in 1963), with Claudia Cardinale, Burt Lancaster and Alain Delon as the principal actors. Rare and fine copy.