NERVAL Gérard de. Le Prince des Sots. Paris, Calmann-Lévy, 1888; in-12, xii-336 pp. in contemporary red chagrin binding, boards framed with cold and gilt fillets, gilt cathedral plaque in centre, spine ribbed with cold fillets and gilt fleurons, inner gilt lace, gilt edges on witnesses, cover and spine. Posthumous first edition. The novel was prepared and prefaced by Louis Ulbach from a 200-page manuscript by Nerval that he acquired in 1866. A very fine copy in decorated chagrin in the Gothic style.