DELEROT (Émile). Ce que les poètes ont dit de Versailles. New expanded edition. Versailles, L. Bernard, 1910. In-8, mauve half-maroquin with stripes, title stamped on the first cover, smooth mute spine, marbled pink silk boards and endpapers, gilt head, untrimmed, cover and spine, slipcase (Period binding). Second edition, partly original, with 8 full-page engravings. Émile Delérot (1834-1912), director of the Versailles library, published the first edition of this rare booklet in 1870. A copy printed on China paper and enriched with five pretty original watercolours signed Duchesne (approx. 21.5 x 14 cm), showing the Bassin d'Apollon, the Trianon orangery, the Petit Trianon, etc. Autograph statement signed by the publisher: Only four copies of this book were printed [on chine]. Autograph signed letter from the author to Henri Grosseuvre (1865-1934), "fine bibliophile from Versailles", with his bookplate. Small silk losses at the top of the boards.