Les Sonneurs de sonnets

Edition from the collection of the Bibliothèque littéraire du XXe siècle, decorated with a frontispiece etching by Frédéric Massé.
Half bordeaux shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands set with black fillets decorated with the gilt monogram of the great bibliophile Roger de Cormenin repeated five times, gilt date at foot, faded turquoise morocco title label, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt retaining deckled edges.
Provenance: from the library of Roger de Cormenin, son of Louis de Cormenin who was the confidant and secretary of Théophile Gautier and also the intimate friend of Gustave Flaubert.
A handsome copy.