DERAIN (André) - OVIDE. - Lot 102

DERAIN (André) - OVIDE. Héroïdes. Translation by Marcel Prévost. Paris: Société des Cent-une, 1938. - In-4, 305 x 235: (6 ff. first 4 blank), 309 pp. (7 ff. last 4 blank), printed cover. Leaves, filled cover, publisher's folder and slipcase. Edition of 135 copies, illustrated with 15 full-page compositions and 30 "culispices" designed by André DERAIN (1880-1954), etched by Roger Lacourière for the former and woodcut by Pierre Bouchet for the latter, the latter having also printed the text on his presses in Boulogne-sur-Seine. One of 34 numbered copies in Arabic numerals, this one, numbered 8, having been specially printed for Pierre Bouchet. It was enriched with the following items: - 2 copies of the menu for the meal given to mark the book's release, July 7, 1938, illustrated with a bistre etching by Derain. - Edition of 2 bistre engravings, including the menu. - L.A.S. from Baronne de Brimont, great-granddaughter of Lamartine and first president of Les Cent une, addressed to Pierre Bouchet, August 18, 1942 (postmark), 2 pages in-16 oblong, envelope enclosed. She informs him that Les Cent Une "have been awarded the Prix Catenacci by the Académie française" for Les Héroïdes. - Print of several pages of text and 3 engravings. A very well preserved copy. Provenance: Pierre Bouchet.