282 - ROSTAND (Edmond). *Chantecler*. A play in four acts, in verse. Paris: Charpentier and Fasquelle, 1910. One in-8 volume, full midnight blue morocco leather, spine with 5 raised bands, front cover in mosaic pattern adorned with a polychrome-painted chagrin rooster, the second featuring a painted basket on shagreen; lining adorned with the original cover designed by René Lalique in embossed fawn sheepskin (F. Bizet inv.); striped moiré endpapers printed with a floral design; all edges gilt; covers preserved (binding signed MARIUS MAGNIN and dated 1919 with a handwritten annotation by the bookbinder at the end of the volume: “mosaic binding executed for Mr. François Borgey / December 13, 1919 / Marius Magnin”).

ROSTAND (Edmond). *Chantecler*. A play in four acts, in verse. Paris: Charpentier and Fasquelle, 1910. One in-8 volume, full midnight blue morocco leather, spine with 5 raised bands, front cover in mosaic pattern adorned with a polychrome-painted chagrin rooster, the second featuring a painted basket on shagreen; lining adorned with the original cover designed by René Lalique in embossed fawn sheepskin (F. Bizet inv.); striped moiré endpapers printed with a floral design; all edges gilt; covers preserved (binding signed MARIUS MAGNIN and dated 1919 with a handwritten annotation by the bookbinder at the end of the volume: “mosaic binding executed for Mr. François Borgey / December 13, 1919 / Marius Magnin”). First edition adorned with a watercolor by the author, reproduced in color as a facsimile. Printed in a run of 1,000 copies, all on Imperial Japanese paper (No. 773). A beautiful, unique copy, enriched with 5 inset watercolors signed by François Bizet, including the two used to decorate the binding.