ESPARBÈS (Georges d'). The Legend of the Eagle. Paris : Librairie de la collection des dix, 1901. - In-4, 300 x 209 : (2 ff.), 222 pp., (2 ff.), 8 plates, illustrated cover. Green morocco, double gilt fillet in frame and imperial arms gilt in the center on the boards, spine ribbed, double gilt fillet inside, gilt head, cover and spine preserved (J. Bunoz). Deluxe edition printed at 351 copies, illustrated with sixty-two compositions by François THÉVENOT engraved on wood by Florian and Romagnol, including two on the cover, fifty-two in the text and eight out of the text. One of 255 numbered copies on Arches vellum. EXAMPLE OF LOUIS II, PRINCE OF MONACO (1870-1949), bearing this beautiful autograph letter signed by the author on the false title: To H.S.H. the General Sovereign Prince // Louis of Monaco // who gave his heart and his arms for the victory // of France // Homage of my grateful admiration // and of my respectful devotion // G. d'Esparbès // Curator of the Imperial and Royal Palace // of Fontainebleau // 1929The author has also enriched the copy with his autograph signature at the end of the work as well as with an original drawing signed on the first blank page, representing Napoleon I on horseback, captioned "The Man with the Star" and dated October 1929 at the Imperial Palace of Fontainebleau . A good copy bound by Bunoz in morocco with the imperial coat of arms, with the publication prospectus bound at the end. Spine and top edge of boards faded. Cover browned, transfers of the old flaps of the cover to the white leaves at the beginning and end of the volume. Provenance: Louis of Monaco, with autograph letter signed by the author.