Poemes a l'eau-forte

Paris: Gustave Pellet, 1914. leather_bound. Full brown morocco by J. & A. Langrand (1924), front cover and spine title lettered in gilt. Aeg. Fine in fine felt lined marble slipcase. [243, [1] pp., [5 ff.]. 23.5 x 18.5 cm. Limited edition copy 52 of an edition of 80, this with one of the 30 suites of designs reproduced in the text, a partial suite of the eaux-fortes, an original signed pastel and ink design from Verlaine's Printemps, and ink sketches for the rose design in La Rose-The and the skeleton from Cauchemar. 30 etched vignettes and 77 process-printed designs in-text. CARTERET, IV, p. 237). RAY. THE ART OF THE FRENCH BOOK. 346. "Of particular interest is his treatment of 'L'Apr?s-midi d'un faune.' As profuse with his designs as Manet was niggardly, Legrand offers a far more palpable rendering of Mallarm?'s poem. ... This unified and carefully prepared work of his maturity ... vies with Le livre d'heures de Louis Legrand for the title of his best book." The text contains poems by Baudelaire, Verlaine, Rimbaud, Mallarme, Daudet and others. Raised bands, cover interiors front and back with elegant designs, marbled endpapers. Exquisite production.