Description
FIRST EDITION.
ONE OF ONLY A FEW COPIES ON STRONG VELLUM (Carteret).
Copy with 5 original watercolours (one signed) and 1 sketch by Henri de Sta in the margins of the text. The watercolours have retained their very fresh colours.
The copy is enriched with a AUTOGRAPH LETTER signed by Alexandre Chatrian :
"Paris 27th July 1879.
Sir,
You only returned the second part of the manuscript that I had deposited with the 19th Century. The first part remained in your large box. If you would be so kind as to give it to the bearer, I would be grateful (...)".
A very well preserved sheet copy in a protective slipcase.
Prepared for binding, without the spine, with both covers perfectly preserved.