MERIMÉE, PROSPER. Carmen. Paris: Michel Lévy frères 1846. 8vo, 224 x 144 mm. (8 13/16 x 5 5/8 in.), janséniste dark blue crushed levant morocco, yellow moroccco doublures within gilt rule border, black and yellow silk brocade linings, marbled inner endleaves, original printed wrappers and backstrip preserved, gilt edges, with témoins, by GEORGES CRETTÉ, morocco-edged slipcase (slightly rubbed), minute marginal repaired tears to 3 leaves. FIRST EDITION, RARE, with Arsène Guillot and L'Abbé Aubain, half-title, two divisional titles. Carteret, Trésor, 1801-75 II, 148; Vicaire V, 724-5.