L'esprit allemand. Etude d'après la langue et les proverbes avec la traduction de plus de 1200 proverbes allemands

Second edition, with some parts in first edition as expanded with a supplement on public education in Germany and Russia, one of 25 numbered copies on Holland paper, the only deluxe copies with 25 Japan.
Bradel binding in half fir green cloth with corners, smooth spine decorated with a central gilt fleuron, gilt date and double fillet at foot, chocolate shagreen title-label with some scratches, marbled paper boards, original wrappers preserved, top edge gilt, binding signed by A. Mertens.
Precious signed autograph inscription from Pierre Peugeot to Léon Cladel.
Printed stamps of the Université populaire du Faubourg Saint-Antoine in margins of several pages of our volume, pen numbering for library classification also in margins of certain pages.
Rare and handsome copy.