SYLVAIN SAUVAGE (1888-1948) JEAN DE LA FONTAINE (1621-1695) CONTES ET NOUVELLES. 1944. LIMITED EDITION. 2 VOLUMES. IN FRENCH.

Paris, Éditions du Moustié, 1944. Tales and short stories in verse with illustrations by Sylvain Sauvage. 2 volumes (Volume II uncut), 254–254 pp. in loose sheets, in a slipcase. Copy no. 51, one of 75 copies on Arches vellum numbered from 1 to 75, containing an original colour drawing (12.5 x 10.5 cm) mounted on a passe-partout (25 x 16.3 cm) and a series in black Woodcut drawings by G.Poilliot and coloured by E.Vairel. Volume I. Parts One, Two and Three, proof of print run, original colour drawing, black-and-white continuation on fine paper. Volume II. Parts three (continued), four and five, black-and-white suite on fine paper. Sheets 25.5 x 16.5 cm – Case 27 x 18 x 10.7 cm Good condition, some wear to the cases. Félix Roy, known as Sylvain Sauvage French illustrator and book technician. He was an exhibitor at the Salon des artistes décorateurs and director of the École Estienne in Paris. He has illustrated numerous works for bibliophiles. Jean de la Fontaine A man of letters from the Grand siècle and one of the leading exponents of French classicism.