49 - [BRITTANY] CHEVRILLON, André, and DAUCHEZ, André. *La Mer dans les bois*. Etchings by André Dauchez.

[BRITTANY] CHEVRILLON, André, and DAUCHEZ, André. *La Mer dans les bois*. Etchings by André Dauchez. First edition, illustrated with 77 Breton landscapes etched by André Chauvez. A copy on vellum printed for Paul Goute, enhanced with an original drawing and an illustrated title page, in a beautiful binding with mosaic decoration by Henri Blanchetière. Paris, n.p., 1928. In-4 (295 x 235 mm), full pine-green morocco, spine with 4 cold-stamped raised bands, attractive mosaic landscape of brown, green, and blue morocco leather in the center of the front cover, interior edging of the same morocco leather adorned with two strips of havana morocco leather and a gilt fillet, linings and endpapers of pine-green moiré rep, double endpapers, double gold fillet at the edges, guilloché caps, gilt edges, covers and spine preserved, edged slipcase. Binding signed H. Blanchetière. Vol. V, 214 pages, 77 etchings, including 24 insert plates. Spine slightly sun-faded. First edition of this journey through the landscapes of Brittany, illustrated with the first print run of 77 etchings—including 24 insert plates—by the painter and engraver André Dauchez (1870–1948), offering beautiful images of Brittany between 1892 and 1910. Dauchez was appointed official painter to the navy in 1922. Limited to 178 copies, this one is one of 143 copies on vellum (No. 31) printed for the painter and caricaturist Paul Goute (1860–1943). It is enhanced by a beautiful original drawing with an autograph dedication signed in graphite (150 x 180 mm) and a title page drawn in graphite and watercolor (295 x 235 mm). A superb copy in a period binding by Henri Blanchetière.