(1887). MISTRAL (Frédéric). MIREILLE, POEME PROVENÇAL; MIREIO, POUEMO PROUVENÇAU. Paris, Lemerre, 1887. In-12, bradel vermilion morocco, covers decorated with a long branch of mulberry tree mosaicked with leaves and fruit in green and garnet morocco, large inner frame mosaicked with a decoration of coffee morocco leaves and a set of gilt fillets and roulettes, each lining decorated with an original signed watercolour, ribbed spine mosaic of ochre and garnet mulberry branches, grenadine moire endpapers, double endpapers, gilt edges on witnesses, covers and spine, untrimmed, slipcase (P. Affolter. 1913). UNIQUE EDITION, enriched in the text with 12 ravishing original watercolours, including 2 mid-page, and 2 splendid watercolours signed by the Provencal painter Fréderic Montenard adorning the two inside covers. Edition illustrated with a portrait of the author in two states and printed in an edition of only 45 copies numbered and initialled by the publisher, this one of 20 on Hollande, enriched with a handwritten letter signed by Mistral. Spine uniformly faded, a few brown spots, otherwise a fine copy with wide margins, beautifully bound by Paul Affolter, Parisian bookbinder from 1894 to 1929.