MAN, Ferdinand. Father Tigrane, candidate for the Papacy. Paris: Librairie L. Conquet, 1890. - In-8, bradel demi-marche red with corners, golden fillets, smooth back decorated with intertwined golden fillets and mosaic motifs, uncut, cover and back preserved (Stroobants). Very beautiful edition illustrated with a portrait-frontispiece after Jean-Paul Laurens and 20 original etchings by Edmond Rudaux, 18 of which are out of text. Limited edition of 500 copies. One of the 150 large in-8s on Imperial Japan or Marsh vellum; this one, on Japan, is one of the 70 containing a state of engravings, with the names at the tip. Nice copy.