108 - FLAUBERT, Gustave, and FREIDA, Raphaël. *Hérodias*.

FLAUBERT, Gustave, and FREIDA, Raphaël. *Hérodias*. Paris: A. Plicque & Cie, 1926. Small quarto (27 x 20 cm), paperback, illustrated and embossed cover, three sets of illustrations in a separate folder. 67 pp. A very fine illustrated edition of Flaubert’s short story, featuring 15 illustrations by Raphaël Freida (color cover, 7 separate engravings, frontispiece, 6 in-text illustrations or end-piece illustrations), engraved by Dujardin. Limited edition of 475 copies. First copy, one of 25 on Imperial Japanese paper—the very first to come off the press, bearing the number 1. It also includes a set of engravings on Japanese paper in red chalk, a set on Dutch vellum in black, and a set on Dutch vellum in red chalk. Raphaël Freida (1877–1942), a French painter, engraver, poster artist, and illustrator, produced primarily etchings—few in number but striking in effect. In *Herodias*, one of the “Three Tales” (a collection published in 1877), Flaubert recreates the splendor of the East and the scandalous mores of Palestine in the time of Jesus, and reimagines the portraits of Herodias and Herod, Salome, and John the Baptist, all driven by violent passions. An exceptional first edition printed on Japanese paper, enhanced with three sets of illustrations, in perfect condition.