248 - [Raphaël COLLIN]. LOUŸS (Pierre).

[Raphaël COLLIN]. LOUŸS (Pierre). Les Chansons de Bilitis. Paris, Librairie des Amateurs, A. Ferroud, F. Ferroud, Successor, 1906. In-4, light brown half-maroquin with corner pieces, spine with 4 raised bands, ornate compartments, gilt head (binding signed by René Aussourd), covers and spine preserved. Illustrations by Raphaël Collin, engraved by C. Chessa. Copy on antique Japanese paper (unnumbered), with four states of the etchings in addition to the state in the text (numbered edition of 325 copies, the first 60 of which are on antique Japanese paper or Arches grand vélin). This copy is significantly enhanced with a pastel drawing signed by Raphaël Collin on Japanese paper; a large drawing signed by Raphaël Collin, a study for the illustration on p. 140; 29 large-format prints reproducing Collin’s drawings; three letters from the publisher Ferroud (mounted on tabs: one to Chessa, with the engraver’s signed approval; one to Collin, with the illustrator’s signed approval; one to Pierre Louÿs), three autograph letters signed by Pierre Louÿs to Ferroud (two mounted on tabs, concerning the negotiations preceding the publishing agreement [the second, with the envelope, loose, dated March 9, 1904]; one, loose, with an envelope, announcing that Louÿs will drop off the proofs at the publisher’s [undated]); and an autograph card signed by Pierre Louÿs, loose, likely addressed to Ferroud, in which he agrees to inscribe Mr. Frédéric Raisin’s copy). The copy from publisher F. Ferroud, remarkably enriched.