Besnard, Albert ; Carrière, Eugène ; Fantin-Latour,... Lot n° 215

VILLIERS de L'ISLE-ADAM, Auguste de Trois contes [...]: Le droit du passé. Torture by hope. Milton's daughters. And a facsimile of an autograph letter. With a portrait and three etchings by Henry De Groux. Paris "La Connaissance" [R.-L. Doyon] 1919 In-4°. Eggplant half-maroquin with corners signed Charlet & Van West, flamed paper boards set with gilt fillet, gilt titled spine, gilt t., cover boards and spine cons. (rubbed edges and headpieces, small epidermure on spine). Fresh, untrimmed copy. Portrait and 3 h.-t. engraved by De Groux after his pastels and original drawings. Edition of 525 copies, one of 30 on japon impérial with a quadruple suite of etchings (no. 14 signed by the publisher). Ref. Mahé III:680. Joint, same format: Mauclair, Camille - Les Danaïdes. Contes. Paris, "Le livre et l'estampe", (1903). (Qqs rouss.). Brown half-chagrin with corners (corners rubbed, spine slightly faded). Ill. with 7 plates, one for each story, by A. Besnard, E. Carrière, H. Fantin-Latour, A. de La Gandara, H. Le Sidaner, L. Lévy-Dhurmer and G. Rochegrosse. Edition of 300 numbered copies, this one unnumbered but bearing the name "Monsieur Van Velsen", signed by the publisher. Ref. Mahé II:843. Prov. E. Denooz, impr.-lith. rue Asty-Moulin, Namur (étiq.). (2 vols.)