Le capitaine Fracasse

First edition, illustrated with drawings by Delort engraved by Mongin. Small print run on vellum after 150 copies on deluxe paper. 14 plates on Holland paper. A frontispiece portrait. Preface by Judith Gautier.
Full bordeaux shagreen binding signed Bonleu (bottom of pastedown) with unidentified cipher, 2 interlaced English letters AC. Spine uniformly sunned, now light brown. Mirror-tooled ornaments, roulette at tail and head. Triple fillet frame on boards. Wide interior border doubled with fillets and a roulette. Traces of rubbing at headcaps, joints and corners. Some scuffing along the joints. Some leaves protruding in volume II.
Handsome copy, very fresh and free from foxing (except for 3 pages in volume 3 with small spots).