GENEVOIX (Maurice). Forêt voisine. S.l., Société de Saint-Éloy, 1931. In-4, fawn morocco, jansenist, green morocco lining set with a gilt fillet, moire endpapers, gilt edges on witnesses, cover and spine, case (Semet & Plumelle). Edition illustrated with numerous etchings by Albert Decaris, Edgar Chahine, Auguste Brouet, Charles Hallo, Charles Jouas, Georges Jeanniot, etc. Edition at 126 copies, this one nominative. ENRICHED WITH A SET OF 52 ENGRAVINGS, a menu, a plate by Paul-Adrien Bouroux in 4 states and his ORIGINAL LAVIS DRAWING, 19 ORIGINAL DRAWINGS (pencil, wash, ink or watercolour) by various artists who collaborated on the edition, as well as ONE ORIGINAL COPPER which has been embedded in the lining of the first cover. From the Exbrayat library. Spine a little lightened.

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