2 books illustrated by Dubout or Sauvage. 1. Daudet, A. - Lettres de mon moulin. With 26 watercolors by Sylvain Sauvage. P., Éd. de la Bonne étoile, [1935]. Blue half-chagrin with corners signed Brentano's, covers cons. (spines heavily rubbed, scuffing on upper cover). Front cover, 12 full pp. 13 in-text and one color title vignette. Culs-de-lampe and lettrines in black. Edition of 2750 copies, 1/2500 on Navarre vellum (no. 371). Prov. ms. note: "A toi qui m'a donné un moulin. I give you the letters. Noël 1937". - Ex-libris mod. - 2 Chevallier, G. - Clochemerle. Illustrations by Dubout (P.), Flammarion, (1945). Br. with ill. cover and slipcase. First illustrated edition: front cover, 16 full pp., 1 double pp. and numerous in-text color illustrations. Ex. of the current print run (no. 5071).

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