Littérature illustrée. 5 ouvrages. Lot n° 36

- SILVESTRE Armand. Floréal. Illustrations by Georges Cain. Preface by Jules Claretie. Music by Jules Massenet. Paris, Librairie Charles Delagrave, s.d. [1892]. 33 x 26,5 cm, bound in cream half-chagrin with corners set with a gilt fillet, spine with 5 ribs with author, title and year, gilt head, covers preserved. Numerous heliogravure illustrations in and out of the text. The binding is faded and stained, spotting, some spotting only on the edges, the interior of the volume in very good condition. - RABELAIS François. Gargantua & Pantagruel. Text transcribed and annotated by Henri Clouzot and illustrated with 525 vignettes by Joseph Hémard. Paris, G. Crès & Cie, Collection des grands livres n° 1, 1922. 27 x 20,5 cm, bound in dark red half-chagrin with corners set with a cold fillet, spine with 4 false nerves with fleurons, author and title gilt. Edition profusely illustrated with black compositions by Joseph Hémard, edited by René Kieffer. Spine faded, some spotting, limited spotting to edges, very good condition inside. - NODIER Charles. La Fée aux miettes. Illustrations by Pierre Gandon. Paris, La Tradition, 1938. 24,5 x 19,5 cm, paperback, folder, case. Edition illustrated with burins by Pierre Gandon, 1/450 copies on large Arches vellum. Faded sleeve and case. - MAUPASSANT Guy de. On the water. Forty original woods by Paul Baudier. Paris, La Trirème [Guido Colucci], 1951. 31,5 x 25 cm, in ff, printed cover, slipcase. Edition illustrated with 40 original woodcuts in colours drawn and engraved by Baudier, 1/157 numbered copies on Arches vellum. Good condition, some very rare fine spotting. - FROMENTIN Eugène. Dominique. Original lithographs by André-Jo Veilhan. Lyon, J. Cuzin, MCMXLV [1945]. 29,5 x 23,5 cm, in ff. with illustrated cover, folder and slipcase. Edition illustrated with 17 lithographs by Veilhan, 1/900 numbered copies on pure chiffon from the Johannot d'Annonay paper mills. The volume itself is in excellent condition, marks of wear to the folder and the case, the latter is missing its upper part. Set of 5 volumes.