Pot-Bouille

First edition, one of 250 numbered copies on Holland paper, the only deluxe copies after a few rare China paper copies.
Half red morocco binding with corners, spine with five raised bands set with blind fillets, marbled paper boards, combed paper endpapers and pastedowns, bookplate pasted on one pastedown, original wrappers preserved, top edge gilt on deckled edges, signed binding (Pétrus) Ruban.

Fine bookplate engraved by Provost-Blondel and pasted on one pastedown. It depicts a helmet adorned with a feather, a medallion and a phylactery bearing the motto "Toujours en face". It would have belonged to Victor Coué, second lieutenant killed in action during World War I.

Handsome copy nicely bound.