[RONSARD (Pierre)]. Quelques sonnets de Ronsard. S. l., [Imp - Lot 213

[RONSARD (Pierre)]. Quelques sonnets de Ronsard. S. l., [Imprimerie Nationale], 1955. 2 volumes in-folio (including one for the suites), green morocco, wide gilded decoration and mosaic pastilles decorating the boards and running down the smooth spines, beige suedette endpapers and lining, gilded edges on witnesses, cover preserved, folder, case (Georges Cretté). 51 etchings by André DUNOYER de SEGONZAC. Issued in an edition of 210 copies, this one (no. 6), ONE OF 35 HEAD PRINTS ON VELIN D'ARCHES, including an ADDITIONAL SUITE OF ILLUSTRATIONS ON JAPAN, (unsigned), and A SUITE ON HOLLAND OF TWENTY EAUX-FORTES NOT IN THE SONNETS. JOINT unjustified: - 9 engraved proofs [...] not retained for the book", - "une épreuve d'essai" on japon for "Le sommeil de Cassandre", signed by the artist, and - TEN ORIGINAL DRAWINGS SIGNED BY DUNOYER DE SEGONZAC, preparatory studies in ink. Spines slightly darkened; spines of folders faded, A VERY FINE COPY BOUND BY GEORGES CRETTÉ, ENRICHED WITH SUITES AND NUMEROUS ORIGINAL DRAWINGS.