Yseux (Louis, binder).- Balzac (Honoré de) Eugénie Grandet, number 88 of 100 copies on Japon impérial with plates in 2 states and initialled by the publisher, from an edition limited to 1200, printed in red & black, wood-engraved plates and illustrations by Auguste Leroux printed in colours, the additional suite with remarques, bound in purple straight-grain morocco with decorative onlays, by Louis Yseux, covers with two horizontal bands of onlaid dark red morocco quadrants within interlinking border strip of green morocco all tooled in gilt, the design extending across spine with author and title in gilt on dark red morocco, the rest of spine with similar onlays and gilt ornaments, grey silk doublures and linings, turn-ins tooled in gilt with single fillet and row of dots and small ornament to corners, signed "Yseux sr. de Simier" at foot of front turn-in, t.e.g., others uncut, original printed wrappers and prospectus bound in, spine slightly faded, preserved in marbled board slip-case, 8vo (c.260 x 170mm.), Paris, 1911.

⁂ Louis Yseux (d.1951) trained under Durvand and in 1916 took over the workshop of Thierry successor of Petit-Simier, thereafter signing his bindings as successor to Simier.