Clair de Lune

MAUPASSANT (de), Guy. Clair de Lune.
Paris, Ed. Monnier, 1884.

In-8 (234 x 165 mm): [2] ff, 117 pp, [2] ff. Covers preserved. Full green morocco, painted decorations on covers, spine with gilt spandrels, author, title and date stamped in gold, gilt head, slipcase.

First illustrated edition, published the same year as the first edition.
The copy is decorated with a wood-engraved illustration at the beginning of each chapter by Arcos, Gambard, Grasset, Jeanniot, Le Natur, Adrien Marie, Merwart, Myrbach, Renouard, Rochegrosse, Roy and Tirado.

Superb work in its curiously unsigned binding, depicting painted foliage - perfectly executed.