MARTY (André-Édouard) - HARAUCOURT (Edmond). Héro et Léandre. Dramatic poem in three acts. Paris: Le Livre contemporain, 1930. - In-8, 225 x 168: 115 pp, (1 f.), printed cover. Fawn morocco, boards decorated with a repeating decoration alternating horizontally 2 gilt fillets, 2 cold fillets, a frieze of small gilt squares, a line of 4 cold suns, this decoration continuous on the smooth spine, dark brown suede lining and endpapers, gilt edges on witnesses, cover and spine preserved, spine folder and overlapping bands of fawn morocco, case (Georges Cretté). Uncommon edition of 125 copies on Montval paper, illustrated with over 50 black compositions by André-Édouard MARTY (1882-1974), including 40 etchings. Specially printed for P. Lièvre. Beautiful binding by Georges Cretté. Transfers of the etchings to the facing leaves.

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