Sainte-Beuve, Charles Augustin (Mathilde Bonaparte) — Lettres à la princesse (Mathilde Bonaparte)

Paris, Michel Lévy frères, A LARGE-PAPER COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION of the collected letters of Sainte-Beuve to Mathilde Bonaparte, niece of Napoleon I. 3, III, 367 pp. ONE OF VERY FEW COPIES PRINTED ON FINE DUTCH LAID PAPER ("hollande"). 8vo. Attractively bound in contemporary quarter morocco and decorated boards. Top edge gilt, other edges uncut. Tiny traces of wear to binding, else FINE AND BRIGHT.