MAGRE, Maurice? and FOLLET, Édith. Priscilla of Alexandria? - Lot 241

MAGRE, Maurice? and FOLLET, Édith. Priscilla of Alexandria? Charming edition of this novel by Maurice Magre, illustrated with delightful stencils by Édith Follet. Paris, Martin-Dupuis, 1929. Small folio, beige filled cover printed in black and burgundy, in light blue half cloth folder with marbled decoration on the covers. 221 pages, 78 stencil-colored illustrations by Edith Follet, including one frontispiece, 13 full-page illustrations, several headpieces, in-text illustrations, lettering and decorative caps. Few small brown spots in the margins and on the edges, spine of dust jacket faded and soiled. First illustrated edition of this novel by Maurice Magre (1877-1941), decorated with 78 elegant, erotic stenciled compositions by Édith Follet (1899-1990). Limited edition of 895 numbered copies, this one of 789 on Vélin pur fil Lafuma (N°641). The illustrator Édith Follet, who was the wife of writer Louis-Ferdinand Céline from 1919 to 1926, distinguished herself in particular through her drawings in Suzette's Week. A fine copy.