Le grand Meaulnes

Emile-Paul frères, Paris 1913, 11,5x18,5cm, bound under slipcase.

First edition, one of 300 numbered first printing copies on alfa satiné, with all the features of first printing copies : dated 13 september on the imprint.
Purple full morocco binding, spine with five raised bands with a slight color restoration, date at foot, gilt spine-ends, mould-made pastedowns and endleaves, inside covers framed in gilt and black, original soft covers preserved, gilt leading edges, slipcase with purple morocco lined with brown felt, mould-made paper boards, handsome binding signed R. Laurent.
A handsome copy perfectly set in a contemporary full morocco binding signed by R. Laurent.
Provenance : Library of André Coppens with his bookplate on a pastedown.