VIVIEN (Renée). Du vert au violet. Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, - Lot 676

VIVIEN (Renée). Du vert au violet. Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, 1903. In-12, [4] f., 148 p., [1] f., bronze-green morocco, four-ribbed spine, gilt date, title and author, purple morocco doubled flyleaves edged with gilt fillet, olive moiré satin and marbled paper double endpapers, gilt edges on witnesses, cover and spine preserved [Marius Michel] (spine faded to brown). First edition. A fine, well-bound copy. Copy printed on strong wove paper. Provenance: autograph signed letter from the author to Albert Lantoine (1859-1949), poet and author of numerous Masonic works: "Au poète / A. Lantoine / avec les compliments / de l'auteur/ Renée Vivien"; Henri Marius-Michel (1846-1925), bookbinder, associate and successor of his father (bookplate). (C. Bac, Inventaire, 2003, p. 87, does not mention large papers).