133 - MÉRIMÉE (Prosper). Carmen. Paris, Calmann Lévy, 1884. One in-16 volume, full orange morocco, spine with raised bands, triple gilt fillet framing the covers, triple gilt fillet framing the covers, double gilt fillet on the headbands and footbands, interior lace, original covers preserved [binding signed CHAMBOLLE-DURU]. Spine slightly faded.

MÉRIMÉE (Prosper). Carmen. Paris, Calmann Lévy, 1884. One in-16 volume, full orange morocco, spine with raised bands, triple gilt fillet framing the covers, triple gilt fillet framing the covers, double gilt fillet on the headbands and footbands, interior lace, original covers preserved [binding signed CHAMBOLLE-DURU]. Spine slightly faded. A beautiful illustrated edition, featuring a frontispiece and 8 compositions by the Chilean painter Santiago Arcos, engraved by A. Nargeot, including 4 vignettes and 4 end-piece illustrations. A special edition produced at the request of bookseller Conquet, limited to 225 copies on Marais-made vellum. This copy, no. 196, with wide margins, contains all the illustrations in four states, comprising three additional sets of engravings. “The rarest and most sought-after volume in this 10-volume collection, along with *La Famille Cardinal* by Ludovic Halévy” (Carteret - IV, 276)