551 - RAMUZ (Charles-Ferdinand). A Province That Is Not a Province. Paris, Bernard Grasset, [1938].

RAMUZ (Charles-Ferdinand). A Province That Is Not a Province. Paris, Bernard Grasset, [1938]. Small in-4, paperback, illustrated printed cover with a raised design, in a slipcase. A fine edition of this text, based on a lecture delivered in Paris on June 18, 1938, under the auspices of the International Association of French-Language Writers, in which the author presents, in abridged form, his memories and commentary on his work “Paris, Notes of a Man from Vaud.” It is illustrated with 16 full-page drawings by Gea Augsbourg; First edition printed in a run of 1,933 copies; first copy No. I of 16 on pearlescent Japanese paper, here enhanced with a beautiful, lengthy author’s autograph dedication (E.A.S.) to Monique and Richard Heyd, and a beautiful autograph dedication by the latter to President Vincent AURIOL, from the donor’s collection. Includes the engraved menu, illustrated with an intaglio-engraved vignette signed by G. Augsbourg, no. 51/60, and the subscription form. Engraved bookplate of Richard and Monique Heyd (featuring a portrait of Ramuz) on the inside back cover and on the slipcase. Richard Heyd, director of Éditions Ides et Calendes in Neuchâtel, and his wife Monique owned the largest collection of Ramuz works ever assembled.