TRÉMOIS (Pierre-Yves) - LA FONTAINE (Jean de). - Lot 126

TRÉMOIS (Pierre-Yves) - LA FONTAINE (Jean de). Adonis. Introduction by Paul Valéry. Paris : Flammarion, [1955]. - In-folio, 448 x 335: (6 ff. first blank), LVIII pp., (1 f.), 52 pp., (2 ff.), VIII pp., (4 ff. last two blanks), printed cover. Very fine edition printed at 180 copies on papier vélin pur fil du Marais, illustrated with a portrait of the author and 23 original copper engravings in the text and full-page engravings by painter and engraver Pierre-Yves TRÉMOIS (1921-2020). A chapel copy, specially printed for Pierre Jean Mathan, Pierre Bouchet's collaborator at the time, who designed and printed the text. It is enriched with the following items: - Large original ink drawing by Trémois, on double-page in-folio pearlescent Japanese paper, bearing this dedication: "A Pierre Mathan En // souvenir d'Adonis // avec toute /// mon amitié // Trémois // IX. VII. 1955." - 5 L.A.S. from Trémois to Pierre Bouchet, 8 pages in-4, about the book. Envelope enclosed. - In-folio mock-up on tracing paper for the justification sheet. - Some fifty original cut-out drawings of ornaments, mostly on tracing paper. A very well preserved copy.