A deluxe folio edition (second edition, third issue) Massenet's Manon, with orchestral accompaniment arranged for piano. This printing was limited to 50 copies, of which this copy is number 19. The preliminary pages include a dedication to Mme C. Miolan-Carvalho and a listing of the cast of the premiere. Illustrative engravings by P. Avril precede each act, and each page of music has a green floral border by Barbizet. This copy also includes an autograph musical quotation from Manon in the hand of the composer, followed by signature and inscription in black ink "au Prince Bojidar Karageorgevitch. Hommage de grand sympathie. J. Massenet Paris. 1893," on the half-title (page 20 of this scan).