LYNE (Henri de) - JEANNIOT (Pierre Georges). The Lieutenant Cupid. Military Joyeusetés. Paris : Ed. Monnier et Cie, 1885. - In-8, 231 x 159 : (2 ff.), 100 pp, (2 ff.), illustrated cover. Lemon morocco, triple gilt fillet framing the boards, large gilt fan mosaic of black, blue, white and red morocco on the first board, non-folding gilt Japanese fan mosaic of wine and black morocco on the second board, spine ribbed and decorated with gilt and mosaic motifs, inner gilt lace, gilt head, untrimmed, first cover preserved (P. Ruban - Benard gilt). First edition of this beautiful book published in the "Collection Monnier", illustrated with 21 compositions by the painter and illustrator Pierre Georges JEANNIOT (1848-1934), including one in colour on the cover, one in red on the title and 19 in black in the text or on full page. One of 30 copies on japon, the only large paper, signed by the publisher. A UNIQUE COPY, ENRICHED WITH A SUITE ON CHINE OF THE ILLUSTRATIONS, AND WITH ALL THE ORIGINAL DRAWINGS BY JEANNIOT, SOME OF THEM SIGNED. Only the title vignette is missing its drawing and its state on chine. A superb copy in a mosaic binding by Petrus Ruban, very well preserved. Spine slightly darkened. The number of the copy has been partly scratched off to leave only the 1. Provenance: Charles Bouret, with ex-libris (cat. 1893, n° 372) (indicates that it is the number 1) .