JOUVE (Paul) - MARAN (René). - Lot 111

JOUVE (Paul) - MARAN (René). Le Livre de la Brousse. Paris : Les bibliophiles de l'automobile-club de France, 1937 -In-4, 324 x 262 : (4 ff. first 2 blank), 200 pp. (8 ff. last 7 blank), illustrated cover. In sheets, filled cover, publisher's folder and slipcase. Remarkable edition illustrated with 39 compositions by painter and illustrator Paul JOUVE (1878-1973) wood-engraved by Pierre Bouchet, including one on the cover, 10 full-page and 28 in the text. Unique copy, hors justification, printed on Japon impérial paper, reserved for the engraver Pierre Bouchet, enriched with the breakdown of 5 illustrations. An autograph sheet signed by Pierre Bouchet, justifying the uniqueness of this copy, has been added at the head. A perfectly preserved copy, despite the slightly browned cover and some foxing to the decompositions. The title on the back cover is handwritten. Provenance: Pierre Bouchet.