Wilde, Oscar

Ballade de la geole de Reading.  Par C. 3. 3.  Traduite et préfacée par Henry D. Davray.  Paris: Léon Pichon, 1918



4to (10 x 6 1/4 in.; 253 x 159 mm).  Title-page printed in red and black, 25 wood-engraved vignettes in black and grey by Dargnès, original printed wrappers bound in.  Full black calf, spine gilt-lettered, upper cover with image in gilt of a light entering a prison window, edges gilt, grey calf liners, by Louise Lévêque (signed on upper doublure.  Morocco-edged aslipcase; some wear at extremities.

4to (10 x 6 1/4 in.; 253 x 159 mm). Title-page printed in red and black, 25 wood-engraved vignettes in black and grey by Dargnès, original printed wrappers bound in. Full black calf, spine gilt-lettered, upper cover with image in gilt of a light entering a prison window, edges gilt, grey calf liners, by Louise Lévêque (signed on upper doublure. Morocco-edged aslipcase; some wear at extremities.
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Copy 150 of 100 numbered copies (nos. 81–180 on japon imperial, of a whole edition of 395).  A superb French prose edition of Wilde's celebrated poem, with suitably ominous illlustrations by Dargnès and a striking binding by Louise Lévêque.