608 - MICHELET, Jules *Tableau de la France*. Original woodcuts by Paul Baudier and a preface by Daniel Halévy. [Paris] Les Bibliophiles franco-suisses (printed by Fequet and Baudier) 1936. Large 4° format. Bordeaux-colored Oasis morocco leather signed Weckesser & Sons, covers adorned with a large Art Deco mosaic composition of red, green, and lemon-yellow morocco leather strips set with gold fillets, spine with boxed raised bands featuring a mosaic composition on the central rib, double gold fillet on the edges, silk linings adorned with a painting signed by the illustrator and bordered by multiple gold fillets, flamed paper endpapers, double marbled paper endpapers, gilt edges on small witnesses, cover in good condition (slight rubbing on the spine). In a bordered slipcase (leather patches at the head and tail). A fine copy. Illustrated with 64 color woodcuts, including 1 double-page spread and 8 full pages. Printed in a run of 115 copies on Rives vellum, the sole paper used (no. 100 for General Willems). Enriched with: 1 original letter from Michelet to a “Monsieur” (loose leaf),- 2 paintings on silk signed by P. Baudier mounted on the endpapers of the binding, - 2 gouaches and 2 drawings in India ink and wash signed by the same artist, - the illustrated menu of the “Tableau de la France” dinner hosted by the bibliophiles in January 1937, with autograph dedications by P. Baudier, D. Halévy, Clauzel, and J. Exbrayat (president of the society) to General Willems, - 1 color facsimile of 2 folios from Michelet’s manuscript and an antique map of France. Ref. Carteret IV:280 (“Fine, well-cataloged publication”). - Monod 8141. Formerly owned by General Jacques Willems (inscribed copy with dedications).