LOTI (Pierre). Les Derniers jours de Pékin. Paris : Calmann-Lévy, [1902]. - In-8, 247 x 164 : (2 ff.), IV, 464 pp, (2 ff. last blank), printed covers. Jansenist garnet morocco, spine ribbed, dark blue morocco lining with gilt fillet, dark blue moiré silk endpapers, double endpapers, covers and spine preserved, slipcase (H. Blanchetière). First edition of these souvenirs of the 1900 international expedition to China during the Boxer Rebellion, in which Pierre Loti participated as a naval officer. One of the 20 copies reprinted in-8 grape format on Arches vellum reserved for the Society "Les XX", signed by the author at the justification. A superb copy in Blanchetière's lined binding, complete with the two covers and enriched with a portrait of the author before the letter with a remark. Provenance : ex-libris JCD.