CLARETIE (Jules). Buddha. Paris : Librairie L. Conquet, 1888. - In-18, 160 x 107: frontispiece, (2 ff.), 84 pp., printed cover. Light havana morocco, flats decorated with an Asian-style frame composed of strips of brown morocco in imitation of bamboos, back with nerves decorated in the same spirit, quadruple gilded interior fillet, gilded edges on witnesses, cover preserved (Chambolle-Duru). Original edition of 400 copies, illustrated with a frontispiece and 10 vignettes, drawn by Alcide Théophile Robaudi and engraved by Adrien-Jean Nargeot. One of the first 150 copies on japan or vergé du Marais, here on japan . Very nice copy bound by Chambolle-Duru, enriched with a charming little original watercolour signed by Robaudi on the false title, representing a young woman sleeping.