LOUYS, Pierre, and SAINT-PAUL, Jean. *Le Crépuscule des Nymp - Lot 236

LOUYS, Pierre, and SAINT-PAUL, Jean. *Le Crépuscule des Nymphes*. A fine copy of this first collaborative edition, illustrated with woodcuts by Jean Saint-Paul, one of 75 printed on pearl-gray paper. Paris, Editions Montaigne, 1925. In-8, paperback, with a hardback-style cover illustrated with woodcuts. 176 pp., five woodcut plates. Slight browning on the head and foot. First collective edition of these five mythologically inspired short stories by Pierre Louÿs, illustrated with an equal number of white-line woodcuts by Jean Saint-Paul (1897–1974). One of 75 numbered copies on pearl-gray Roma paper reserved for the Société des Amis des Editions Montaigne (No. XLIX - 49). Red stamp reading “Editions Montaigne – L’Administrateur délégué,” signed and verified by hand (in violet ink) by the latter. The woodcuts, with their clean, minimalist style, are particularly pleasing, especially as they are printed on pearl-gray paper. The artist also illustrated the front cover and the initial letters. A very beautiful illustrated book in very good condition.