RENAN (Ernest). LIFE OF JESUS. Paris, Michel Lévy frères, 1863. In-8, dark red morocco, cold fillet framing on the plates, morocco lining of the same colour with six gold fillets, red moire guards, double guard, very ornate ribbed spine, gold edges on witnesses, cover and spine, edged case (Canape). First edition. "The imagination of the poet-writer has made his book a work of art that survives the criticism of the more radical historians who followed him" (En français dans le texte, 285). Very beautiful copy enriched with 2 LETTERS AND A SELF-REFLECTED REFLECTION SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR and dated 1869 and 1873 respectively. IMPECCABLE DOUBLE CANAPE BINDING.