225 - NERVAL, Gérard de and PILLE, Marcel. *La Main enchantée*. Preface by Jules de Marthold. Illustrated with a portrait and 24 drawings by Marcel Pille.

NERVAL, Gérard de and PILLE, Marcel. *La Main enchantée*. Preface by Jules de Marthold. Illustrated with a portrait and 24 drawings by Marcel Pille. A charming first-edition print on Japanese paper containing an additional version of the portrait and the 24 original illustrations by Marcel Pille. Copy in a lovely full binding of the period. Paris, L. Carteret & Co., 1901. In-8 (140 x 200 mm), full midnight-blue long-grain morocco, smooth spine decorated with scrollwork and small gilt fleurons, title and author’s name in gilt letters, wide gilt frieze framing the covers, inner lining of the same morocco leather edged with a gold fillet, cap ends and edges guilloché with gold accents, untrimmed, covers and spine preserved, slipcase. Contemporary binding. XXIV and 94 pp., 1 portrait and 24 compositions engraved with a burin and etched, including 6 insert plates. Slight scuffing on the jaw plates and cap ends. A charming edition of this dark and whimsical tale, illustrated with a portrait and 24 original compositions by Marcel Pille (1867–1943), engraved with a burin and etched by Le Sueur and Manesse. Preface by Jules de Marthold. Limited edition of 400 copies; this is one of 200 premium copies on Japanese paper or Marais vellum (specifically No. 93 on Japanese paper), including an additional state of all the plates prior to the final version. This copy is supplemented by the publisher’s subscription bulletin, illustrated with two engravings (4 folios bound at the end). A fine first-edition copy on Japanese paper, attractively bound.