158 - (Louis JOU). RENARD (Jules). NATURAL HISTORIES.

(Louis JOU). RENARD (Jules). NATURAL HISTORIES. Paris, Les Cent bibliophiles, 1929. In-4°, leather imitating snakeskin, brown suede linings and endpapers, plain spine, gilt head, cover and spine preserved, black morocco slipcase with bands, edged case (M. Fagot, daughter of Creuzevault). Text printed on Louis Jou’s hand-cranked presses using his own ornaments and typefaces. It is illustrated with 103 original two-tone half-page lithographs by HENRI DELUERMOZ. Limited edition of 130 copies on Montval vellum; this copy, no. 104, was printed for the artist, is untrimmed, and features an ORIGINAL WASH depicting a guinea fowl, monogrammed in red in the lower right corner. This is the first known example of a book typeset by Louis JOU using his own typefaces, though not illustrated by him (here, the new Roman lowercase typeface, size 24) (Feuille, no. 65, p. 103) (Monod, 9614). A MAGNIFICENT COPY IN A BINDING THAT IS IN PERFECT HARMONY WITH THE TEXT.