Mercier, Louis. Au Pays Comtois. Saxifrages. Aquarelles. Bes - Lot 150

Mercier, Louis. Au Pays Comtois. Saxifrages. Aquarelles. Besançon, typographie et lithographie Abel Cariage, 1894. In-8°, 116 pp, [2] ff. Medallion portrait of Max Claudet. Demi-basane fawn with corners, spine with 5 faux-nerfs decorated with flowers, t.p. in red morocco, gilt head (period binding).Uncommon first edition. Copy no. 106, with a letter from the author "au robuste conteur G. Ponsot, hommage sympathique. Louis Mercier". Georges Ponsot (Dole, 1876-Paris, 1937), a lawyer in Dole, wrote articles for political newspapers, notably La Lanterne. He was deputy for the Jura from 1906 to 1919, as a member of the Republican, Radical and Radical-Socialist group.rubbed binding.