Paris: Collection Calmann Lévy, A. Quantin, 1885. 23.5 cm. pp (325) + 11 etched plates after designs by Stanislaw Rejchan. Half green morocco and marbled boards by Stroobants, spine with raised bands, gilt decorated compartments, top edges gilt, other edges rough trimmed, bound in ribbon marker, marbled endpapers, original paper covers bound in. Yellowing to fore edges, else fine. Armorial bookplate inside front cover of Ross Ambler Curran, early twentieth-century California society figure and bibliophile. The French novelist and dramatist's masterpiece, first published in 1867, a novel of moral delimmas caused by romantic passion. A handsome book. Note: 1.5 kg parcel, extra postage may be required; Tall octavo