317 - TYNAIRE, Marcelle.

TYNAIRE, Marcelle. A Day at Port-Royal. Paris, C. Meunier, 1910. Large 8vo, (4)-41-(5) pp., title and text in red and black, 5 printed plates with serpentine borders, including the frontispiece. Period Lavallière morocco binding, spine with 4 raised ribs decorated with mosaic flowers, blind-stamped lines, title and author’s name gilded, blind-stamped borders extending onto the covers, edges gilt on endpapers, original cover preserved, marbled slipcase with Lavallière morocco trim [Ch. Meunier 1912]. (spine slightly faded). Description: A rare work by the feminist Marcelle Tynaire in a beautiful morocco binding by Charles Meunier. Illustrations and engravings by Julien Tinayre, Marcelle’s partner. With autograph signatures by the author and Julien Tynaire on the half-title page. Limited edition of 225 copies; this is no. 19, one of 25 copies on Japanese felt paper, partially cut to shape. Frontispiece features a lithograph of Pascal’s death mask printed in bistre on applied China paper, accompanied by four black etchings. Enriched with a series of black-and-white prints on China paper. Modern engraved bookplate by Emile Bruell, by Baduc after Eisen, with the motto “Eloge de la BilioFolie.”