Oeuvres illustrées; Cyrano de Bergerac, La Samaritaine, Les Romanesques, L'Aiglon, Chantecler...

ROSTAND, Edmond. Oeuvres Illustrées. Signed binding. 77 plates by various artists, reproduced in phototype and stencil-coloured. Preface by Madame Edmond Rostand (Rosemonde Gérard) with sketches by the author Portrait engraved on copper by Pierre Gandon. Headpieces and tailpieces by Sylvain Sauvage engraved on wood by Gilbert Poilliot. Paris, Editions Pierre Laffitte, 1938- 1939; 5 volumes, large 8vo, full binding in dark green morocco, spines with 5 raised bands. Author and title gilt, covers and spines preserved. Edition printed in 2575 numbered copies, this one 1 of the 700 (452) on vélin pur fil Lafuma, containing a double state of the plates ( black and colours). A fine copy of this sought-after and valued edition (cf. Carteret IV-350). Vol.1 . Cyrano de Bergerac. Illustrations by Drian. / Vol. 2. Chantecler. Illustrations by Mariette Lydis. / Vol. 3. L' Aiglon. Illustrations by A.E. Marty. / Vo. 4. La Samaritaine. La Princesse lointaine. Le Bois Sacré. Illustrations by Sylvain Sauvage. / Vol. 5. Les Romanesques, La dernière nuit de Don Juan. Les deux Pierrots. Illustrations by Auguste Leroux. In each volume, headpieces and tailpieces by Sylvain Sauvage engraved on wood by Poilliot. Note slight marks on the boards, of no consequence.