Oeuvres complètes (Extra illustrated). 25 vols.

Paris, Calmann-Lévy, 1925-35. With engr. frontispiece portrait of Anatole France by J. A. Hoffmann after Edgar Chahine in 2 states in vol. I, numerous woodcut illustrations, and 25 extra suites of the illustrations on China. 4to. Orig. wrappers (somewhat browned). Paris, Calmann-Lévy, 1925-35. One of 1500 copies numbered in Arabic numbers of a nice, complete set with extra illustrations. This is the definitive collected edition of A. France (1844-1924), including all hitherto unpublished texts. The overall editor is Gerard Le Prat, general text edition and bibliography by Léon Carias. The artists contributing to this edition were Belot, Carlègle, Caillaud, Colin, Dethomas, Dufour, Edy Legrand, Hermann-Paul, Latour, Le Breton, G. Leroux, Saleido, Marty, Mirande, Naudin, Prinet, and Roubille. The extra suites of the illustrations, published under the supervision of H. Barthelemy, are bound separately. - Vol. V from an unnumbered set, somewhat smaller. - Monod 4927; Carteret IV, 171 ("recherchée et cotée"). MODERN ILLUSTRATED BOOKS (1900-1999) ; LITERATUR: FREMDSPRACHIGE ; LITERATURE: FRENCH ;