Jean de LA VARENDE. - Lot 149

Jean de LA VARENDE. Romans et Contes. Paris, La Belle Edition, 1936-1955, 10 volumes in-8 bound in green half-chagrin with corners, spine ribbed, cover and spine preserved, gilt head. Binding signed J.-P. Pestel. Nez de Cuir illustrated by Paul Jarach, with an engraved portrait of the author by Raoul Serres - Les Manants du Roi illustrated by Raoul Serres - Man d'Arc illustrated by G. de Sainte Croix - Le Centaure de Dieu illustrated by Pierre Leroy - La dernière Fête illustrated by G. de Sainte Croix - Heureux les Humbles. Suite romanesque, illustrated by Pierre Noël - Le Troisième Jour illustrated by G. de Sainte Croix - Eaux-Vives illustrated by Raoul Serres - Pays d'Ouche illustrated by Georges Capon - L'homme aux gants de toile illustrated by André Roux. Edition of 1,500 and 1,700 copies, 3 volumes are one of 1,400 on Lana vellum (no. 1009) and the other 7 volumes are one of 88 numbered on pur fil du Marais vellum, with a black suite.