LOUŸS Pierre (1870-1925). La Femme et le Pantin (Paris, Mercure de France, 1898); in-8, red morocco, framed with a mosaic lemon fillet between two sets of 3 gilt fillets on the boards, spine decorated with the same, interior framed with the same, lining and guard of yellow moiré silk, gilt edges, cover and spine preserved, case and lined folder (E. & A. Maylander). First edition. One of 10 numbered copies on Whatman paper. Autograph letter signed in blue watercolor: " to Madame de Heredia Pierre Louÿs ". The dedicatee, wife of the poet José-Maria de HEREDIA, was to become, the following year, the mother-in-law of Louÿs.