RONSARD (Pierre de). Les Amours. Poëmes choisis. S.l.n.d. [P - Lot 324

RONSARD (Pierre de). Les Amours. Poëmes choisis. S.l.n.d. [Paris, chez l'artiste, 1935]. In-4°, blue half-maroquin with corners, gilt fillet edging the boards, ornate ribbed spine, gilt head, illustrated cover preserved (Maxime Masure). 59 plates with ornaments, text and illustrations etched by Léon COURBOULEIX, including a portrait of the author on the cover. Illuminated and watercolored lettering. Issued in an edition of 220 copies, this one (no. 9), ONE OF TWENTY HEAD PRINTS ON ANCIENT CHINESE and one of fifteen containing A BLOODY SUITE & A SIGNED ORIGINAL DRAWING (that of the "Madrigal"). ATTACHED: ONE ORIGINAL SIGNED Sketch on tracing paper (of the poem "A Marie"). Provenance: French private collection Erotica Monsieur X Expert: Cabinet REVEL