Description
FIRST EDITION IN BOOKSHOPSpublished one year after the 25 off-market copies in autograph facsimile.
One of 250 copies on laid paper, the only edition after 20 on Japon.
Complete with the lithographed cover by Jean Veber, here in pink. The second edition was published the same year without the cover.
SIGNED AUTOGRAPH CONSIGNMENT to the writer Adolphe Van Bever, secretary of the Mercure de France:
to ad. van bever
his friend
Marcel Schwob
A well-established copy in a charming silk binding with the initials A. B.
Contemporary Bradel boards, brown morocco title-piece, initials "A. B." (Adolphe Van Bever) stamped in gold at the foot of the spine, pearl silk with floral design, interior gold roulette, silk endpapers with floral design, gilt head, bookmark, cover preserved.
Spine unstained, silk frayed on lower board.
