ROBERT HELMONT: DIARY OF A RECLUSE 1870-1871 BY ALPHONSE DAUDET 1888 LIMITED EDITION, FINE EMBOSSED BINDING

[DAUDET, ALPHONSE]. Robert Helmont: Diary of a Recluse 1870-1871. London: George Routledge and Sons, 1888.

LIMITED EDITION, no. 759 of 1000 copies, leather-bound, hardcover, quarto (24cm x 16cm x 3cm), pp. [12], 206. English text translated by Laura Ensor. Stunning binding of full calf leather with blind embossed covers with classical motifs, spine with five bands and gilt titles, top edge gilt, other edges uneven, gilt inner dentelles, brown moiré silk endpapers, initial and terminal blanks present, limitation page, half-title, profusely illustrated by Picard and Montégut. Printed by Ballantyne, Hanson and Co., Edinburgh and London. Condition: VERY GOOD. Binding tight and secure with the hinges and joints intact. Covers very well-preserved with light shelf wear. Interior largely fresh and clean. A most exquisite copy.