FIRST EDITION reprinted in in-8 format (an in-12 edition was published a few weeks later).

Inscribed and signed by the author :

"To Henry Houssaye his friend JM de Hérédia".

We enclose a signed autograph letter to the same, one page in-12, autograph envelope:

Dear Friend,
Despite the pleasure I would have in dining with you and such guests, I can't forget that I've just had an attack of gout and that I'm greedy... and talkative.
Give my regards to Coppée, pay my respects to Madame Houssaye and to
the Princess, whom I know only by sight, and take for yourself the best handshake of your JM Hérédia. Above all, don't say a word about my affairs to Coppée, who is totally against me.

Ex-libris portrait of Henry Houssaye of the Académie Française.

A VERY FINE COPY WITH A FINELY MOSAIC SPINE BOUND BY VERMOREL.