PLESSYS, Maurice du. *Pallas Occidentale*. Ode. - Lot 268

PLESSYS, Maurice du. *Pallas Occidentale*. Ode. Paris, François Bernouard, n.d. [1920]. Oblong quarto, half-maroquin with fawn-colored corners, smooth spine with gilt title, gilt top edge, covers and spine intact. Binding signed “H. Blanchetière.” Approximately 60 pp. (unpaginated). Some very slight signs of wear. First edition of this collection by Maurice du Plessys, a leading figure of L’École romane, a poetic movement founded by Jean Moréas and Charles Maurras in 1891. One of 350 numbered copies on Arches laid paper in this format (No. 87). With an engraved and three-tone printed bookplate by Auguste-Pierre Garnier (1885–1966), a publisher and poet from Normandy. The copy is in fine condition, bound by Blanchetière.