631 - BENOÎT, Pierre *L'Atlantide*. Paintings and drawings of the Hoggar by Paul-Élie Dubois interpreted as woodcuts by Pierre Bouchet. Lyon: Cercle lyonnais du livre, 1934, 2 vols., in-4°. Illustrated text volume: Art Deco navy blue morocco leather, signed Marot-Rodde; covers adorned with a large decorative design extending onto the smooth spine and edges, composed of gold fillets and red oéser, garnet morocco leather strips, and metal fittings. in white morocco leather, edge-to-edge linings in garnet morocco leather adorned with two gilded inscriptions in the Tifinagh alphabet, garnet tabis endpapers, double decorated paper endpapers, gilded edges on endpapers, covers preserved (caps and corners slightly rubbed, damage to the top corner of the lower cover). In a navy blue half-morocco slipcase with stripes (spine slightly faded). Sequels volume: in folio format, housed in a navy blue half-morocco slipcase with stripes, decorated paper covers, blue velvet linings, three flaps lined with the same velvet (minor scuffs at the cuts, spine slightly faded). In a standard signed slipcase (slight signs of wear). Very fine copy. First illustrated edition featuring 90 original color compositions, including 1 frontispiece and 5 plates outside the text. Printed in a run of 162 copies on Arches vellum—the sole paper used—including 42 numbered copies for contributors; one of the 120 named copies, printed for Jules Jadot. Enriched with: 10 signed paintings used for the work, including the frontispiece; the “replaced plates” (“damaged” proofs, illustration errors, etc.); 2 black-and-white woodcuts; an illustrated menu; (separate vol., in folios:) one of the 19 line-drawing suites from the first state on Japanese paper and a breakdown of one plate. Ref. Carteret IV:69. – Monod 1338. Formerly owned by Jules Jadot (nominative copy). - Simonson Bookstore, Brussels (label).