DAVID, Hermine, and REBELL, Hugues. *Les Nuits chaudes du Ca - Lot 128

DAVID, Hermine, and REBELL, Hugues. *Les Nuits chaudes du Cap français*. First illustrated edition of this exotic and sensual novel. A copy printed on Dutch laid paper in a fine half-morocco binding. Paris, Henri Jonquières—“Les Beaux Romans” collection, 1927. In-8, half-maroquin with a coarse red grain on the corners, spine with four fine raised bands, gilt head, untrimmed, covers and spine preserved. 260 pp., 20 color drypoint engravings, including the half-title page and the title vignette. Small stain at the bottom of pages 12 and 13. First illustrated edition of this novel about passions and social struggles in the French West Indies. It is adorned with 20 delicate color drypoint engravings by Hermine David (1886–1970), a painter and engraver influenced by Impressionism and Fauvism Limited edition of 1,150 copies; this is one of 60 numbered copies on Dutch laid paper (No. 54). In excellent condition.