Limited editions - Lot 405

Limited editions [LITERATURE] Reunion of 4 volumes: - DESCARTES (René): Discours de la Méthode. Published on the original edition with an introduction by Jaques Chevalier. Paris, éditions de la Chronique des lettres françaises, 1927. In-12. Copy on Arches. ½ tan chagrin with corners, gilt title on spine, gilt head. - BARBEY d'AUREVILLY (Jules): Du Dandysme et de Georges Brummell. Paris, Sous la marque de la Folie, Emile-Paul frères, 1918. In-12. Copy on laid paper, "à la Louve" with justification, one of 81 on gray laid paper in the form of the Louve. ½ red chagrin, smooth ornate spine, publisher's cover preserved. - FRANCE (Anatole): La vie en Fleur. Paris, Calmann Lévy, 1922. In-8. One of 200 copies on Hollande paper, the only large paper. ½ red chagrin with corners, gilt title on smooth spine, publisher's cover preserved, gilt head. - FRANCE (Anatole) : Thaïs. Edition revised and corrected by the author. Paris, Calmann Lévy, 1921. In-8. One of 1600 copies of the limited edition. Minor spotting in places. ½ red morocco with corners, spine ribbed and decorated, publisher's cover preserved, gilt head.