THEURIET (André). Les Œillets de Kerlaz.
Paris: Conquet, 1885.

Octavo (182 × 125 mm). (3) ff., V, 77 pp., (1) f. With original wrappers preserved.
Full green morocco, triple gilt fillet frame with gilt carnations at the corners, richly gilt spine in compartments with a gilt carnation motif in each panel, gilt title, double gilt fillets on turn-ins, elaborate gilt inner dentelle, gilt edges. Binding by Chambolle-Duru.

First edition. Deluxe issue on Japan paper.
With two original watercolours.

André Theuriet, poet and novelist of nature and member of the Académie française, here deploys a refined and sensitive prose deeply rooted in Breton landscapes, following Anne de Ploudaniel at the manor of Kerlaz. 

Provenance: from the library of Suzanne Courtois, with her bookplate; later from the library of Jean-Claude Delaunay, with his bookplate.