Cyrano de Bergerac

Later edition, mention of the 425th thousand.
Handsome autograph quotation signed by Edmond Rostand on the half-title and dated December 1916:
"Bref dédaignant d'être le lierre parasite
Alors même qu'on est pas le chêne ou le tilleul
Ne pas monter bien haut peut-être mais tout seul [In short, don't deign to be the parasitic ivy, even though you're not the oak tree or the elm, rise not so high, maybe, but be there all alone!]"
Small tear laid down to foot of spine, a good copy.
Inscriptions on this work are very rare and sought-after.