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- VILLON François. The Works of Maistre François Villon. Les Lais - Le Testament - Poésies diverses. Presented in their definitive text by Albert Pauphilet and decorated with woodcuts by Ch. Picart le Doux. Paris, Les Editions Nationales, 1945. 28,5 x 22,5 cm, paperback, folder and slipcase. Edition illustrated with 44 black woodcuts in-text and 12 off-text in colours by Charles Picart le Doux. This copy, 1/500 numbered copies on Johannot paper, also includes a suite of hors-texte printed in black not announced in the justification. Very good condition. - VERLAINE Paul. Liturgies intimes. Illustrations by Louise Hervieu. S.l., Editions Manuel Bruker, s.d. 33 x 25,5 cm, in ff. with illustrated cover, folder and slipcase. 1/150 numbered copies on Arches vellum in the form. Minor wear to the slipcase otherwise a very nice copy. - TCHEKHOV Anton. Room 6. Translated from the Russian by Denis Roche. Lithographs by Tonny Kristians. Paris, Editions du Pré aux Clercs, 1945. 33,5 x 25,5 cm, in ff. with illustrated cover, folder and slipcase. 1/300 copies on Rives B.F.K. Good copy. - POE Edgar Allan. The Fall of the House of Usher. Translation by Charles Baudelaire. 8 original lithographs by Jacques Lechantre. S.l., Editions G. L. Arlaud, 1945. 32 x 24 cm, in ff. with illus. cover, folder and slipcase. Entirely lithographed work, 1/900 numbered copies on vellum pur fil à la forme. Rubbing to the spine of the folder and to the slipcase. - MERIMEE Prosper. Le Carrosse du Saint-Sacrement. Original lithographs in colours by Marti Bas. Paris, Editions Galathea, 1945. 33,5 x 25,5 cm, in ff. with illustrated cover, folder and slipcase. 1/221 copies on Rives vellum. Case damaged with several cracks, slightly dented. The volume itself is in very good condition. Set. 5 vols.