MEILHAC (Henri) - VIDAL (Pierre). Contes parisiens du Second Empire (1866). Paris : printed for the Friends of Books, 1904. - Large in-8, 272 x 185 : frontispiece, XI, 163 pp. (4 ff. last blank), printed cover. Bradel half brown morocco with corners, gilt fillets, smooth spine decorated, untrimmed, cover and spine preserved (Alfred Farez). Very beautiful edition printed by Mr. Henri Beraldi on the presses of Philippe Renouard, illustrated with 18 etched compositions by Pierre VIDAL, including a frontispiece, a title vignette, 8 chapter headings and 8 caps. Limited edition at 125 numbered copies on Hollande paper. A very nice copy bound by Alfred Farez, enriched with a portrait of the author in colours taken from a magazine. Spine slightly faded.