MAISTRE (Xavier de). Prisoners of the Caucasus. Paris, A. Ferroud, 1897. In-8, edition illustrated with 9 etchings by Julien Le Blant. Preface by Léo Claretie. Limited edition of 500 numbered copies, this one unnumbered, annotated by Ferroud "Exemplaire sur Whatman non mis dans le commerce réservé pour Monsieur A. de Claye". Bound in full brown morocco, the boards decorated with a rich frame of gilded interlacing, the recipient's monogram at the bottom of the first board, spine with 5 nerves, the caissons decorated with the same motif, counterskins lined with burgundy morocco framed with 5 gilded fillets and rows of pearls, signed Petrus Ruban and dated 1897. In a slipcase. Expert : Monsieur Nicolas Asvisio