La 628-E8

Second edition printed on ordinary paper immediately after the first edition, containing the three chapters on Balzac that caused scandal.
Half chocolate brown morocco binding, smooth spine, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, minor scuffs of no consequence at foot of second board, original wrappers preserved, contemporary unsigned binding but attributable to Lancelin.
Signed autograph inscription from Octave Mirbeau to Paul Ollendorff.
Handsome copy attractively bound.
Provenance: from the library of Paul Ollendorff.