DAUDET (Alphonse). *Numa Roumestan*. *Parisian Customs*. Par - Lot 189

DAUDET (Alphonse). *Numa Roumestan*. *Parisian Customs*. Paris, G. Charpentier, 1881. In-12, green morocco leather, rolled edge, decorated spine, red accents, gilt cap, untrimmed (Thierry Sr de Petit-Simier). First edition, featuring a portrait on the frontispiece. One of 275 copies printed on Holland paper; this unique copy is decorated with 157 original watercolors, wash drawings, or pen-and-ink drawings signed by Paul Avril, including a frontispiece and a full-page half-title page.

Estimate:£1,286.07

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