MAUPASSANT (Guy de)
The Bed. Foreword by Henri
Lavedan. Evreux, Société Normande du Livre Illustré, 1895; large in-8 (28x20 cm), in sheets as well as the cover, in a wallet with flaps and floral case (one flap split and small wetness on the back of the wallet). 13 illustrated pages in-text and a double suite of etchings, in first state before the letter and one with remark. The 13 plates were engraved by Champollion after the paintings of Jules Ferry. Sterne drew and engraved the title, the text and the monogram. The whole printed at 76 copies on vélin du Marais.
