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[MODERN ILLUSTRATED BOOKS]. LOT. - BRIANCHON. HERON DE VILLEFOSSE. Through Our Vineyards. Illustrations by Brianchon. Paris, Bernard Klein, 1952. Folio, 56 pp., loose-leaf bound in a cover illustrated with an etching, half-vellum slipcase with gilt title and case, from the publisher (sporadic foxing, slightly more pronounced on certain plates in the series). First edition. Illustrated with an etching on the cover and 9 original color etchings. Limited edition, one of 50 on Arches paper, no. 62, including an additional original etching and the suite in black on China paper. -LORANT-HEILBRONN. DOUCET. Princesses of Jade and of Yesteryear. Paris, Le Livre et l’Estampe, 1903. In-4, (33) ff. (including frontispiece, title page, colophon, table of contents, 3 illustrations not part of the text, 1 engraved title page for each tale). Brown half-maroquin with corner pieces, smooth spine with mosaic-style orientalist decoration and gilt, date at the tail, gilt fillet on the covers, untrimmed, gilt head, original cover preserved. Beautiful binding by R. Affolter. First edition. Limited edition, one of 300 on Arches paper in this format (no. 306). A collection of 3 tales, numerous vignettes, and 3 full-page lithographs based on watercolors by Lorant-Heilbronn. The illustrations are printed in colors corresponding to the stories’ respective countries: red chalk for Japan, pale green for Egypt, and blue for India (edges, headbands, and corners slightly rubbed; slight white marks on the binding, but a good copy). -GENTY, BERNARD (Tristan). *Le Cercle Enchanté. Cercle de la vie du boxeur*. Paris, Le Goupy, 1924. Unpaginated In-4, (28) leaves, including 12 plates, publisher’s paperback (faded cover, upper spine slightly split, crazing on the spine). First edition. 12 color plates by Charles Genty on the theme of boxing. Printed in an edition of 976 copies; one of 925 on vellum (no. 166). -DEMAISON, André. GUYOT. The Book of Beasts. Paris, La Revue française, Alexis Redier; copy on vellum. In-4. Illustrated with 11 etchings by Charles Guyot. Limited, numbered edition. A few scuffs but a fine copy. -VIVANT DENON. LEROY. Point de lendemain. Illustrated tale. Paris, La Tradition, 1944. Large 8vo in loose sheets, 20 color etchings. Printed and mounted cover, with slipcase and case. Limited edition on Arches laid paper (cardboard slipcase shows wear, but the book is in good condition). Color illustrations. One of 100 copies with a black-and-white supplement containing notes, in black, no. 52. -BOURET. Eulogy for Louis NEILLOT. Paris, Manuel Bruker, 1962. Small folio. Unpaginated. Paperback with the publisher’s lined cover. Frontispiece and 7 black-and-white engravings. Limited, numbered edition (spine and covers slightly faded but a fine copy). -BEAUREPAIRE. SHAKESPEARE. The Tempest. Paris, Alcools, 1946. 154 pp., (3) ff. (including 2 blank pages), 10 plates (including a frontispiece), loose sheets in the publisher’s folder, with a green leather-effect cardboard folder and slipcase (stain on the slipcase). Illustrated with 11 copperplate engravings by Beaurepaire (one cover vignette, one frontispiece, and 10 plates). Limited edition, one of 140 printed in Auvergne, no. 47. -LAFNET. Les Quatrains du quatrain. Paris, Georges Sauvaget, 1927. In-4, 77-(2) pp. (including 9 plates), loose-leaf, in the publisher’s folder, marbled slipcase (slipcase edge slightly split, very slight foxing, mainly marginal). First edition. 9 etchings by Lafnet, printed by Maître Delâtre in Montmartre (including a frontispiece and a colophon). Limited edition of 400 copies, one of the 50 H.C. copies reserved for members of the Dîner du Quatrain, no. 5. Hand-numbered and signed by the publisher. Enriched with a separately printed plate (a tribute from the publisher bearing his signature).