HURTADO DE MENDOZA (Diego). Life of Lazarilla de Tormes. New translation and Preface by A. Morel-Fatio. Paris : H. Launette & Cie, 1886. - In-8, 279 x 180 : (4 ff.), XXII pp., (1 f.), 146 pp., (1 f.), 12 plates, illustrated cover. Red morocco, boards decorated with large green morocco listels, straight, curved and intertwined, as well as black morocco pieces decorated with gilt rocaille motifs, spine ribbed and decorated in the same spirit, green morocco lining decorated with gilt fillets, brocaded silk endpapers, double endpapers, gilt edges, cover and spine preserved (Noulhac 1914). Very luxurious edition printed at only 106 copies on japan, illustrated with numerous black vignettes in the text and 10 etched plates by Maurice LELOIR. One of the 50 copies including a triple suite of etchings and an original watercolor signed by the artist on the false title. A superb copy in a mosaic binding by Noulhac, made for René Descamps-Scrives, enriched with two etchings in two states and a separate print on japon of the vignettes. Small rubs to the spines and corners. Provenance: René Descamps-Scrives, with bookplate. - R. Chalmandrier, with bookplate.