First editions, fine papers and deluxe printings of French and foreign literature, 16th to 21st century

First edition of this magazine issue consisting of two folded sheets.
Minor marginal tears to the sheets without significance.
On the first, a color woodcut representing Paul Adam by Zed.
On the following, text by Gustave Kahn in first edition entitled "Paul Adam".

First edition of this issue of the magazine consisting of two folded sheets.
Worming and marginal stains on the sheets.
On the first, a color lithograph depicting Sully-Prudhomme by Emile Cohl.
On the following ones, text by Paul Verlaine in first edition entitled "Sully-Prudhomme".
Paul Verlaine, always impecunious, would be the only contributor to the magazine that Léon Vanier, its director, would agree to pay in order to provide him with financial assistance.

First edition of this issue of the magazine consisting of two folded sheets.
Light marginal tears and minor lacks of no consequence to the sheets.
On the first, a color woodcut depicting Anatole Baju by Manuel Luque.
On the following ones, text by Paul Verlaine in first edition entitled "Anatole Baju".
Paul Verlaine, always impecunious, would be the only contributor to the magazine that Léon Vanier, its director, would agree to pay in order to provide him with financial assistance.

First edition of this issue of the magazine consisting of two refolded sheets.
Inevitable minor lacks of no consequence to the margins of the sheets.
On the first, a color woodcut representing Charles Le Goffic by Gaston Noury.
On the following ones, text by Charles Maurras in first edition entitled "Charles Le Goffic".

First edition of this issue of the magazine consisting of two refolded sheets.
Inevitable minor marginal tears of no consequence to the sheets.
On the first, a color woodcut representing Leconte de Lisle by Coll-Toc.
On the following ones, text by Paul Verlaine in first edition entitled "Leconte de Lisle" which is the first of twenty-seven contributions by Paul Verlaine to the magazine.
Paul Verlaine, always impecunious, will be the only contributor to the magazine that Léon Vanier, its director, will agree to remunerate in order to help him financially.

First edition of this issue of the review consisting of two folded sheets.
Inevitable minor marginal tears of no consequence to the sheets.
On the first, a color woodcut representing Henri de Régnier by Manuel Luque.
On the following ones, text by Léon Vanier, under the pseudonym Pierre et Paul, in first edition entitled "Henri de Régnier".

Two typescripts of 32 lines each of Boris Vian's song "Avec ton sourire" on two perforated sheets, one of which is mounted on flexible cardboard.
Boris Vian wrote the text in 1958, Alexandre Champigny composed the music and performed it only in 2007.
Provenance: Fondation Boris Vian.

First edition, one of 100 numbered copies on Holland paper.
Beautiful illustrated cover by Charles Martin.
Handsome full-margined copy despite a small tear at head of spine and a tiny lack at foot.

First edition, one of 99 numbered copies on Arches vellum, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.

First edition strictly hors commerce printed in 50 copies numbered and justified by Francis Ponge.
Handsome and rare copy.
Precious autograph inscription signed by Francis Ponge to Jean and Jeannette Tortel: "Pour Jean et Jeannette ces pages griffonnées à Sidi-Madani - avec l'affection de leur Francis P." ["For Jean and Jeannette these pages scribbled at Sidi-Madani - with the affection of their Francis P."]

First edition, one of 32 numbered copies on pure rag paper, the only deluxe copies.
A very fine copy.

First edition of the French translation.
Handsome copy.
Issue illustrated with a cover by Gray Morrow.
Other contributions by John Brunner "Les bébés", Fred Saberhagen "Prisonnier de l'hypermasse", Gordon R. Dickson "Pour quelle guerre".

First edition in French.
Handsome copy despite some foxing on the first leaves.
Issue illustrated with a cover by Wenzel.
Other contributions by Christopher Anvil "Ceux d'Arcturus", Larry Niven "La face cachée de la terre", Gordon R. Dickson "Les mains nues".

First edition in French.
Handsome copy despite some foxing on the first leaves.
Issue illustrated with a cover by Pederson.
Other contributions by Daniel F. Galouye "La cité des sphères", William Tenn "Les escargots de Betelgeuse"...

First edition of the French translation.
Handsome copy despite some foxing on the first leaves.
Issue illustrated with a cover by Pederson.
Other contributions by John Brunner "Le secret de Gorgone", Algis Budrys "Le Veld", Jack Williamson "La planète masquée".

First edition published by Henri de Rothschild.
Minor lacks at head and foot of sunned spine, handsome interior condition.

Illustrated edition for each of the volumes.
Half tawny sheep binding, spine with four raised bands set with dotted lines and gilt fillets, significant rubbing to spine, one lack to lower headcap, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns.
Some light foxing.
Rare.

First edition, one of 80 numbered copies on pur fil paper, deluxe copy.
Handsome copy.

First edition.
Handsome copy with the illustrated dust jacket.
Signed autograph inscription from Henri Troyat to René de Obaldia: "... ce portrait sans retouches d'un damné de l'écriture..."

The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
Signed autograph inscription from Jacques Sternberg to René de Obaldia: "... concerto sans doute peu concertant..."

Autograph letter dated and signed, one and a half pages (26 lines) on letterhead of the Hôtel Majestic in Cannes, addressed by Jean Dutourd to the writer and polemicist Jean Rimeize, biographer of Robert Poulet, to facilitate his "entry" at Gallimard in order to place more quickly and efficiently the manuscript he intends to have published:

"Cher Jean Rimeize

Vous avez parfaitement raison de penser à Gallimard. Envoyez votre manuscrit de ma part à Mme Odette Laigle, à la N.R.F., 5 rue Sébastien Bottin, VIIe.

Elle est secrétaire du comité de lecture. Voyez-la même, à l'occasion. C'est une femme très gentille, qui ne vous fera pas languir pendant des...

First edition, one of 16 numbered copies on Japan paper, ours one of 6 hors commerce copies, deluxe issue.
Fine copy with full margins.

Typed letter dated and signed, half a page on Académie Française letterhead, addressed by Jean Dutourd to writer and polemicist Jean Rimeize, biographer of Robert Poulet, in which he points out a confusion by his correspondent regarding a fictional character, also thanking him for recently providing news of himself.

First edition of Benjamin Delaroche's translation. Notes and commentary by Walter Scott, Thomas Moore, etc. Printed on fine laid paper. The copy has been extra-illustrated with 39 steel engravings from the album "Women of Byron," a type of collection very fashionable at the time, as there were also "Women of Balzac," "Women of Walter Scott," and "Women of Shakespeare," in which the heroines of the novels were depicted in engravings by English artists, considered masters of the genre during this period. Life of Byron by John Galt.
Contemporary half polished navy calf binding. Spine with 4 flat raised bands decorated with fillets and compartments, roulettes at head and tail. Gilt title...

First edition on ordinary paper.
Handsome copy.
Autograph inscription signed by Pierre Moinot to René de Obaldia and his wife Diane: "... ces récits au titre lugubre qui te diront ma fidèle amitié..." ["...these stories with their gloomy title that will tell you of my faithful friendship..."]

The first edition, published in a small number of copies of this offprint.
Light worming to boards, handsome interior condition.
Rare.

First edition.
Bound contemporary brown half-shagreen. Spine decorated with gilt fillets. Gilt title. Traces of rubbing to edges. Scattered foxing. A good copy.
This translation of Poe was published a few months before Baudelaire's first collection of poems, Les Fleurs du mal.
While we know how much E.A. Poe owes to Baudelaire, whose superb translation is known to even surpass the original work, we often overlook Baudelaire's own literary debt to his American model. More than an exercise in translation, Baudelaire found in reading Poe's extraordinary stories the very soul of his poems, which we still being written at the time.
Following the success of his first...

First edition on ordinary paper.
Work illustrated with reproductions of works by André Verdet and a photographic portrait of André Verdet as frontispiece.
Pleasant copy.
Autograph inscription signed by André Verdet: "Pour les Plon à pleine voile. Amitiés." ["For the Plons at full sail. Best wishes."] enriched with a large original four-color drawing representing a sailboat cutting through the waves under a radiant sun

First edition on ordinary paper.
Work illustrated with 7 drawings by André Masson.
Spine and boards slightly and marginally lightened.
Autograph inscription signed by Joaquim Vital to Véronique Charaire.

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Spine lightly sunned without damage with small tears at head and foot.
Autograph inscription signed by Vladimir Jankélévitch in Cyrillic.

First edition.
Small holes to top edge, copy lacking dust jacket.
Precious autograph inscription dated and signed by Lawrence Durrell to his friend Janine Brun: "For Janine Brun / from Lawrence Durrell /Sommières / 1968".
Among the olive trees and under the Mediterranean sun, Lawrence Durrell met in the mid-1960s the young and vivacious "Jany" (Janine Brun), a woman from Montpellier in her thirties of devastating beauty, who worked at the Department of Antiquities at the Sorbonne in Paris. She was nicknamed "Buttons" in memory of their first meeting, when the young woman wore a dress covered with buttons. Henry Miller also fell under the spell of "Buttons,"...

First edition printed in 250 numbered copies on ivoirine paper.
Work illustrated with japonisant butterfly compositions by Audrey Parr reproduced in white gouache by Jean Saudé, the properties of this ivoirine paper allowing one to discern the butterflies printed on both sides of the leaf, some white and the "shadows" of others showing through by transparency.
Handsome copy despite the cockling inherent to the quality of this paper and the fact that each leaf of the work is mounted.

First collected edition, an advance copy.
Spine split at head and lightly sunned, pale dampstains to margins at head of covers.
Precious signed autograph inscription from Armand Salacrou: "A Jacques Copeau tous ces vieux souvenirs avec mon amitié fidèle." ["To Jacques Copeau all these old memories with my faithful friendship."]

First edition, an advance copy.
Spine sunned with a small lack at foot, a marginal crease on the first cover.
Precious signed autograph inscription from Armand Salacrou: "Pour Jacques Copeau ces deux pièces qu'il n'a pas vues, et qu'il ne lira pas - mais qui lui porteront mon admiration et mon amitié." ["For Jacques Copeau these two plays that he has not seen, and that he will not read - but which will carry to him my admiration and my friendship."]

First edition, one of 790 numbered copies on pure thread paper, the only deluxe copies after the 108 reimposed.
Spine sunned with dampstaining, clumsily filled lack at foot of spine, foxing to covers and browning to interior.
Precious signed autograph inscription by Jules Romains: "A Jacques Copeau, qu'un an de travail commun n'a fait que me rendre plus cher, son Jules Romains. Juin 22." ["To Jacques Copeau, whom a year of working together has only made more dear to me, his Jules Romains. June 22."]

First edition, one of 30 numbered copies on pure thread paper, the only deluxe copies
Front cover marginally sunned, sunning to margin of first endpaper.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Handsome copy despite the covers being lightly and partially darkened.
Autograph inscription signed by Jean Valmy-Baysse to Achille Ory: "... ce livre où j'ai tenté de mettre un peu de mon pays du Médoc, et beaucoup de son pays de Montmartre, avec toute ma sympathie confraternelle..." ["... this book where I have tried to put a little of my Médoc country, and much of his Montmartre country, with all my fraternal sympathy..."]

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Some worming to front board, handsome interior condition.
Rare signed autograph inscription from Tibor Tardos to Georges and Véronique, translators of Magyar poets.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Handsome copy despite marginally sunned boards at head.
Signed autograph inscription from Jean Rousselot to Véronique and Georges (Charaire).

First illustrated edition with 17 original lithographs by Daniel Louradour, one of 210 numbered copies on grand vélin de lana containing the definitive state of the illustrations.
Some minor foxing on the chemise boards and endpapers, otherwise a pleasant copy.
Signed autograph inscription from Randal Lemoine to President Emilien Amaury enriched with the signatures of Daniel Louradour and Pierre de Tartas de Lanauve.

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Rare pamphlet, text by Francis Carco, heliogravure photographs by Georges Besson, Jahan, Blanc et Demilly, Ergy Landau, Brassaï, ..
Illustrated cover, handsome copy despite covers marginally and slightly sunned.

First edition, one of 17 numbered copies on Japon, the tirage de tête.
Spine and boards very slightly and marginally faded without consequence, some edges partially toned, otherwise a pleasant copy with full margins.

First edition, one of 17 numbered copies on Japan paper, deluxe copy.
Spine and covers very slightly and marginally faded without consequence, some deckled edges partially trimmed, otherwise handsome full-margined copy.

First edition, one of 17 numbered copies on Japan paper, deluxe copy.
Spine and covers marginally sunned, some deckled edges partially trimmed, otherwise handsome full-margined copy.

First edition of the rare subscription bulletin for "Maltraité de peinture" by Jacques Hérold which was to be printed by Falaize in February 1957.
Handsome copy.

Rare invitation card for the gala, that day devoted to Arthur Rimbaud, given at the Guimet museum by Olga Nilza and part of the cycle "The great European poets".
Handsome copy.
With participation by André Dhotel, Suzanne Briet, Daniel de Graaf, Jean-Pierre Jorris and Olga Nilza who, that day, honored Arthur Rimbaud as "poet for all time".

First edition, one of 350 numbered copies on alfa paper and reserved for service de presse.
Two small tears at foot of spine and front cover, two creases on the endpaper bearing the inscription.
Autograph inscription signed by Henri de Montherlant to Noël B. de la Mort.

Collected edition with some parts in first edition, Les Poésies nouvelles appearing here for the first time as well as the poem entitled La passion (pp. 183-214). A very handsome etched title-frontispiece by Louis Duveau. Title page in red and black. Publisher's catalogue on the back cover.
Half grey morocco binding with corners signed Huser (1879-1961) at foot. Jansenist raised bands spine. Top edge gilt. Covers and spine preserved. Interior perfectly fresh, uncut, full-margined. Light rubbing to top of lower board.
Very handsome copy perfectly established.

First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Handsome copy complete with publisher's (advertising) slip.
Signed and inscribed by Pierre Drieu la Rochelle to Dr. Buesche.

First edition, one of 350 numbered copies on alfa paper reserved for the press service.
Handsome copy although the front cover is slightly and partially sunfaded.
Autograph inscription signed by Henri de Montherlant to Adrien Marx.

First edition, one of 350 numbered copies on alfa reserved for the service de presse.
Some foxing on endpapers, a small tear at foot of spine.
Signed autograph inscription from Henri de Montherlant to monsieur Monlhac.

First edition, whimsical statement of 39th edition, service de presse stamp on head of second cover.
Rare foxing on endpapers, spine lightly sunned without gravity, bookplate of dedicatee pasted on verso of first cover.
Signed autograph inscription from Henri de Montherlant to Noël B. de la Mort.

First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Spine slightly inevitably sunned, summer solstice obliges!
Signed autograph inscription from Henri de Montherlant to César Santelli.

First edition, one of 20 numbered copies on laid paper, deluxe copy.
Handsome copy.

First edition, one of 45 numbered copies on alfa paper, the only deluxe copies.
It should be noted that the justification page mentions, due to a printer's error, 45 pur fil as the only deluxe copies, whereas our copy bears the mention alfa at the foot of the back cover and correctly follows the numbering and is indeed printed on alfa paper.
Handsome copy.

First edition consisting of an offprint, stapled, of the article that Roger Munier devoted to René Char in the issue of Cahier de l'Herne concerning him.
The article has been folded, certainly to mail it to the dedicatee, causing a small marginal tear at the fold.
Signed autograph inscription by Roger Munier to Jean-Louis Brossat expanded with a correction and a manuscript precision at the foot of the last paragraph of the article.

First edition printed on ordinary paper.
A tear at the foot of one joint.
Beautiful cover illustrated by Joseph Hémard.

The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy despite the slightly sunned spine.
Autograph inscription signed by Pierre Dalle Nogare to Véronique and Georges (Charaire): "... ce combat de la mémoire..." ["... this battle of memory..."]

First edition, one of the numbered copies of the first issue pressed.
Handsome copy despite a wormhole at foot of title page.

First edition on ordinary paper, with mention of second edition.
Spine sunned with a lack at foot, dampstain at foot of boards.
Precious signed autograph inscription from André Salmon: "A Jacques Copeau, son ami admirateur de son oeuvre, André Salmon. Paris, Juin 1920." ["To Jacques Copeau, his friend and admirer of his work, André Salmon. Paris, June 1920."]

First edition printed on ordinary paper, whimsical mention of thousand at foot of back cover.
Spine lightly sunned with a light dampstain, some foxing mainly to margins of leaves.
Precious signed autograph inscription from Jules Romains: "A Jacques Copeau, son ami."

First edition printed on ordinary paper.
Spine sunned with two tears to middle and head, boards marginally discolored as usual.
Precious signed autograph inscription from Jules Romains enriched with the manuscript signature of Georges Chennevière: "A Jacques Copeau, son admirateur et ami."
With Jean Schlumberger, Jacques Copeau had just created, less than two months earlier, the Vieux Colombier theatre.

Third original edition: "In reality, an entirely new work, completely rewritten by Stendhal and expanded by one volume" (cf Clouzot).
The second edition was in fact only a reissue, after a few weeks, of the original edition with a new title page bearing publisher Colburn's address and mention of "second edition". This "third edition" is therefore the true second original edition, much more complete than the first.
Covers slightly and partially browned without gravity, some minor foxing.
Very rare copy as issued in original wrappers.

First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Handsome copy complete with publisher's slip.
Autograph inscription from Luc Bérimont to his friends Georges and Véronique Charaire: "Pour Georges et Véronique en souvenir de notre "rencontre" sur les chemins pavés d'Amsterdam ! Et avec les bons baisers de Luc Bérimont !" ["For Georges and Véronique in memory of our "meeting" on the cobbled streets of Amsterdam! And with fond kisses from Luc Bérimont!"].

Edition with most parts in first edition.
Joints cracked and reglued, one restoration using an adhesive strip on the reverse of the front cover.
Contains: Armance, Mina de Wangel, San Francesco à Ripa, Philibert Lescale and Souvenirs d'un gentilhomme italien.

First edition, one of 300 numbered copies on bouffant paper, the only deluxe copies after 100 pur fil.
Our copy lacks the two engravings present in the 400 deluxe copies.
Signed and inscribed by Julien Sarrazin to Jani Brun.

First edition, one of the Service de Presse (advance) copies.
Spine lightly sunned, otherwise handsome copy complete with publisher's slip.
Autograph inscription signed by André Dhôtel to Claude Couffon.

First edition printed in 100 numbered copies on deluxe Rives laid paper.
Full midnight blue shagreen binding, smooth spine very lightly faded, frame of gilt dots and gilt fleurons at the corners of the boards, blue nubuck endpapers and pastedowns decorated with decorative motifs stamped in blind, top edge gilt, original wrappers and spine preserved.
Handsome copy.

First edition, one of the numbered copies on bouffant Da Costa paper, ours an hors commerce copy.
Handsome copy.
Cover illustrated by Robert Willems.
Autograph inscription dated and signed by Edmond Kinds, alias Doctor Desgosses to Robert Dupuy: "... ces souvenirs d'un autre temps et de ses jeux..." ["... these memories of another time and its games..."]

Portfolio or desk blotter lavishly decorated.
Full marbled calf, sumptuous gilt frame to upper cover and blind to lower cover, ample thistle motifs on a band with gold-hammered ground, framing fillet, brown watered silk endpapers, almond rag paper pockets, headcaps lightly rubbed, very fine condition.

First edition, one of 842 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only deluxe copies after the 109 reimposed.
Spine slightly sunned, worming at foot of first cover and, vertically, in margin of second cover.
Precious signed autograph inscription from Jules Romains: "A Jacques Copeau, son admirateur et ami."

First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Spine slightly sunned with a small tear at foot.
Precious signed autograph inscription from Jules Romains: "A Jacques Copeau, son admirateur et ami."

First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Spine sunned, a pale dampstain on the back board, some light foxing affecting mainly the edges.
Precious signed autograph inscription from Jules Romains: "A Jacques Copeau bien amicalement."

First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Spine lightly sunned.
Precious signed autograph inscription from Jules Romains: "A Jacques Copeau, son admirateur et ami." ["To Jacques Copeau, his admirer and friend."]

First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Spine sunned with also a pale dampstain at foot, a tear at foot of first cover.
Precious signed autograph inscription from Jules Romains: "A Jacques Copeau son ami." ["To Jacques Copeau his friend."]

First edition on ordinary paper.
Spine sunned, a pale marginal dampstain to the final leaves, another at the head of the very first leaves.
Precious autograph inscription signed by Jules Romains: "Pour la compagnie du Vieux Colombier" ["For the company of the Vieux Colombier"].

First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.

Spine slightly sunned.

Precious autograph inscription signed by Armand Salacrou: "A Jacques Copeau avec mon admiration fidèle." ["To Jacques Copeau with my faithful admiration."]

First edition, one of the Service de Presse (advance) copies.
Spine slightly sunned, pale marginal dampstains at head and foot of boards.
Precious autograph inscription signed by Armand Salacrou: "A Jacques Copeau que je voudrais bien revoir, ces débris de ma jeunesse avec mon amitié fidèle." ["To Jacques Copeau whom I would very much like to see again, these remnants of my youth with my faithful friendship."]

First edition, printed on ordinary paper, of the French translation.
Complete with its illustrated dust jacket which shows small tears and minor lacks.
Precious two-color autograph inscription signed by Lawrence Durrell to his friend Janine Brun: "Janine Brun / from Lawrence Durrell / with affection".
Among the olive trees and under the Mediterranean sun, Lawrence Durrell met in the mid-1960s the young and vivacious "Jany" (Janine Brun), a woman from Montpellier in her thirties with devastating beauty, who worked at the Department of Antiquities at the Sorbonne in Paris. She was nicknamed "Buttons" in memory of their first meeting, where the young woman wore a...

First edition.
Half navy blue morocco-grained shagreen binding with corners, spine with four raised bands, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original covers lined and restored, preserved.
Occasional foxing, two printed bibliophile's stamps, the first at head of title page.

First edition.
Half navy blue shagreen binding, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets and dotted lines, one scratch at foot of spine, marbled paper boards, speckled paper endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary binding.
Printed bibliophile's stamp at head of title page.

First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Spine sunned with small tears.
Precious signed autograph inscription by Jules Romains: "A Jacques Copeau son admirateur et ami." ["To Jacques Copeau his admirer and friend."]

Charles Baudelaire. Sa vie et son œuvre First edition on thick paper, of the first biography devoted to Charles Baudelaire, who had died two years prior.
Half navy morocco over marbled paper boards Bradel binding by Alfred Farez, the spine slightly faded, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spine preserved.
This copy complete with the 5 etching portraits of Charles Baudelaire by Edouard Manet, Gustave Courbet, Emile Deroy and Charles Baudelaire himself. Edouard Manet engraved the two of his, Félix Bracquemond the three others.

Autograph inscription signed by Charles...

First edition very scarce according to Clouzot.
Nice copy in its original wrappers.
Second volume with coated ex-libris "Fortis and Fidelis" engraved by Desnoyers.
Rare signed handwritten inscription by Astolphe de Custine on top of first volume to the Duchesse de Blains.

Very rare and sought-after first edition, according to Clouzot, printed in only 300 copies.

Half red morocco binding with corners, smooth spine decorated with gilt romantic arabesques, gilt date at foot, gilt fillet frame on marbled paper boards, pebbled paper endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved and lined, elegant pastiche romantic binding signed by Devauchelle.

Fine copy of one of the rarest "Romantics", complete with the frontispiece on China paper, drawn and engraved by Célestin Nanteuil.

First edition of each volume, with print runs varying from 297 to 1,250 numbered copies on pure thread paper, the only deluxe copies along with the re-imposed editions.
Light foxing and a tear at the head of the spine of the second volume, printed collector's stamps on the title pages of the fifth, sixth and seventh volumes, some foxing at the foot of the first leaves of the sixth and seventh volumes.
A rare and handsome set.

First edition.
Handsome copy almost entirely free of foxing, with printed bibliophile's stamp serving as bookplate at head of front free endpaper.
Bradel binding in half orange cloth, smooth spine decorated with gilt fleuron, date and double gilt fillet at foot, brown cloth title-label, marbled paper boards, one upper corner slightly bumped, original wrappers preserved.

First edition.
Some minor foxing, bibliophile's printed stamp serving as bookplate at head of title page.
Contemporary half bottle-green sheep binding, smooth spine decorated with blind-stamped fleurons and gilt fillets, slight scratches to spine, marbled paper boards, speckled edges.