FRANCE (Anatole). - Lot 294

FRANCE (Anatole). Contemporary history. L'Orme du mail. - The Wicker Mannequin. - The amethyst ring. - Monsieur Bergeret in Paris. Paris, Éditions du Sagittaire, Simon Kra, 1922-1924. 4 volumes in-4, midnight-blue morocco, vertical gilded fillets and two turquoise-blue morocco listels decorated with small gold diamonds, interrupted on the spine and separated on the boards by two double gilded fillets and four gold squares, smooth spine decorated and titled in gold, interior framing decorated with gilded fillets and four turquoise-blue morocco listels in the corners, gilded reps lining and endpapers, gilded edges on witnesses, cover and spine, slipcases (Ét. Jean). Numerous color illustrations by Serge Beaune, numbering around 260, reproduced in the workshops of J. Saudé. One of 83 copies on japon impérial containing a suite of line drawings on chine. Perfectly bound. Small restoration at the bottom of the line proof of the frontispiece of the last volume.