Octavo (193 x 130 mm). (3) ff., 316 pp. Original wrappers and spine preserved.
Full lavallière morocco, raised bands, author and title in gilt, gilt fillet to board edges, top edge gilt over witnesses, a bold gilt fillet flanked by two black fillets on the turn-ins, untrimmed (Gruel).
First edition, a large-paper copy on Holland paper.
Loti's last book, in which he pours out his vision as an eternal traveller through his final journeys from Constantinople to Adrianople.
