Cyrano de Bergerac

First illustrated edition, one of 400 numbered copies on mould-made wove paper, this copy with an additional suite of all the illustrations in a second state on China paper.

Front and rear endpapers heavily foxed throughout, occasional light foxing elsewhere.

Illustrated with 55 compositions, comprising one on the wrapper, a title-page vignette, a portrait plate, a dedication vignette, five vignettes (one for each act), five full-page plates, and 41 illustrations within or surrounding the text.

Each act is illustrated by a different artist: François Thévenot designed the wrapper and frontispiece; Adrien Moreau illustrated Act I, Charles Léandre Act II, Albert Laurens Act III, François Flameng Act IV, and Albert Besnard Act V.

Elegant full tan morocco binding by René Kieffer, signed by the binder, smooth spine, blind-tooled rolls at the head and tail of the spine, covers each with a central gilt-stamped theatrical mask, moiré-effect paper endpapers and pastedowns, gilt fillet borders with floral ornaments in the corners, original wrappers and spine preserved, top edge gilt. Housed in a matching slipcase with tan morocco edges, marbled paper sides and beige felt lining.