DAUDET, Alphonse. Countess Irma. Paris: A. Romagnol,[1905]. - Large in-8, grey half-marble with bradel corners, golden fillets, smooth back decorated with gold and cold motifs, golden head, uncut, preserved cover (Pierson). First separate edition of this new excerpt from Les Femmes d'artistes. It is illustrated with a portrait of the author engraved on wood on the frontispiece, repeated on the cover, and 9 etchings in colour in Pierre Vidal 's text. One of the first 20 copies on Japanese or Arches vellum, here on Japanese, enriched with a portrait proof on Japanese skin and including 3 etchings on Japanese: pure etching with remark, before the letter with remark and with the letter. Nice copy bound by Pierson . Back passed. Browned blanket . Provenance: Werlé, with ex-libris.