Daudet - Tartarin On The Alps, New Exploits Of The Tarasconnais Hero. Calmann Levy, 1885.

DAUDET (Alphonse) - Tartarin on the Alps, new exploits of the Tarasconnais hero. Paris, Calmann-Levy, 1885; in-4, 338 pp., red half-morocco binding with corners signed Champs, smooth spine, cover preserved. €1200 Alphonse Daudet, born in Nîmes in the department of Gard on May 13, 1840 and died in Paris on December 16, 1897 (aged 57), was a French writer and playwright. Friend of Frédéric Mistral, they published together the main novels of Provençal regionalism. Alphonse DAUDET devoted himself mainly to literature. He was also secretary to the Duc de Morny. Le Figaro edition. Edition illustrated with watercolors by Aranda, Beaumont, Montenard, Myrbach and Rossi. Engraving by Guillaume frères. Wide-margined copy, first edition. Copy number 45 on Japan. Very nice copy.