HARAUCOURT (Edmond).

The Effort. The Madonna. The Antichrist. Immortality. The End of the World. Paris, Published for the Members of the Academy of Fine Books - Contemporary Bibliophiles, 1894. In-4, purple bradel box, plexiglass covers revealing the color illustrated cover, purple head, untrimmed, case (B. Bichon). First edition. Perfect production of Art Nouveau, the book is illustrated on each page with color compositions organized around the text. 18 original lithographs in colors by Alexandre Lunois for La Madone, 38 compositions by Eugène Courboin engraved in line then watercolored for L'Antéchrist, 33 compositions by Carlos Schwabe for L'Immortalité, including 10 in black engraved by Masse and 23 large watercolored floral frames, and 46 symbolist drawings by Alexandre Séon for La Fin du monde. The cover, bearing the title of the four tales, the false title and the frontispiece are illustrated in colors by Léon Rudnicki. Edition at 180 copies on Arches vellum, this one nominative for M. Alfred Cartier.