French Illustrated Editions.-

A collection of French illustrated works, most in limited edition, including: Chateaubriand (François-René de) Les Martyrs ou le Triomphe de la religion chrétienne, 2 vol., number 355 of 500 copies on Arches, half title and full title in red & black, illustrations after etchings by Raoul Serres, tissue guards, red original printed wrapper, within matching red chemises and slipcases, gilt title to spines (cover spines frayed and slipcases a little discoloured with corners slightly worn),[Monod, I, 2686], folio, La Tradition, Paris, [1942]; Vercel (Roger) Remorques, number 821 of 1000 copies, half title, title in black & green, au pochoir text illustrations by Pierre Péron, original printed paper wrapper, spine slightly frayed, 4to, Au Moulin de Pen-Mur, Paris, 1943; Du Guesclin, number 570 of 1000 copies, half title, title in black & red, au pochoir illustrations (2 full page) by Fred Back, original printed paper wrapper, spine slightly frayed, 4to, L'arc en ciel, Paris, 1944; Rouquette (Louis-Frédéric) Le Grand Silence Blanc, number 607 of 1000 copies, half title, title in black and grey, au pochoir text illustrations and frontiespiece by André Collot, minor spotting and light age yellowing, original illustrated paper wrapper, spine tail torn and partially detached, 4to, L'arc en ciel, Paris, [1944]; De Balzac (Honoré) Eugénie Grandet, number 71 of 150 copies, half title, illustrations by Pierre Noël, original illustrated paper wrapper, spine bound at rear, re-bound in modern black half calf, gilt, marbled endpapers, light spotting throughout and to fore-edges, 4to, Éditions Neveu-Brunier, Paris, [1943]; Grancher (Marcel-E) Le Charcutier de Mâchonville, number 72 of 500 copies, full page and text illustrations by Jean Marin, title loose, occasional spotting, original printed wrapper, 4to, Lyon, M. Audin et Compagnie, [1944]; Poe (Edgar Allan) Histoires Extraordinaires, number 1626 of 3000, translation by Charles Baudelaire, illustrations by Gus Bofa, title in black & green, original printed paper wrapper, 4to, Librairie Gründ, 1941; with Verne (Jules) Tribulations d'un Chinois en Chine / Cinq Cents Millions de la Begum (Voyages Extraordinaires), First Edition, half title, illustrated additional title, numerous illustrations throughout by Benett, light age yellowing, a little spotting, buckram boards with red leather spine, soiled, a little rubbed, 4to, Hetzel, n.d [1879], & other volumes of similar interest (17)