FRANCE (Anatole). The Procurator of Judea. - Lot 67

FRANCE (Anatole). The Procurator of Judea. Paris, Edouard Pelletan, 1902. Small quarto, half-maroquin with lemon-colored corners, double gilt fillet bordering the covers, ribbed spine, gilt head, covers preserved (contemporary binding). Edition illustrated with 14 compositions by Eugène GRASSET, engraved by Ernest FLORIAN. Printed in a run of 430 copies (no. 239). Includes the “forthcoming” prospectus. From the library of Pierre de Meuron, bearing his ex-libris. INCLUDED: BARBOSA (Ruy). Anatole France. Speech to the Brazilian Academy on May 17, 1909. Rio de Janeiro, National Printing Office, 1909. Folio, paperback with embossed cover. Speech by the president of the Brazilian Academy in honor of the French writer. Limited edition of 300 copies (No. 107). A lengthy autographed note from Anatole France addressed to a bibliophile, praising this little “masterpiece of Rio’s typography.”