Nerciat - Le doctorat impromptu - 1946

Editions Eryx • 1946 (15 October) • Paperback, illustrated stiff cover, slipcase, octavo (26 x 20.5 cm) of 106 pages

Luxury edition limited to 695 copies. Ours, 1/50 HC on Renage vellum paper. Book illustrated by P.-E. Bécat, with a vignette on the title page, 17 illustrations including 8 full-page, and a tailpiece vignette, all in color. A color-enhanced suite of the eight drawings that were refused is included.

Nice work; note that the dust jacket is peeling along the edge, see photo.

As a gift, the Carrosse du Saint-Sacrement by P. Mérimée, Cenacle Editions, one of 30 copies on Grand Velin Malacca; however, the sketch is missing.