FLAUBERT, Gustave, and LALAU, Maurice. The Legend of Saint J - Lot 155

FLAUBERT, Gustave, and LALAU, Maurice. The Legend of Saint Julian the Hospitable. A beautiful edition illustrated by Maurice Lalau. A copy on white vellum with a color plate, in a full modern binding by Flammarion. Paris, Ferroud, 1927. In-8, full blue coarse-grained morocco, spine with four raised bands, covers inlaid with a wide transverse band of black morocco, inner border adorned with a framing design composed of gilt fillets and corner fleurons, blue moiré silk linings, double endpapers, gold fillet on the edges, guilloché caps, gilded head, untrimmed, covers and spine preserved, edged slipcase. Binding signed Flammarion. 72 pp., title vignette, 10 color illustrations, initials, and end-paper illustrations in color. Spine slightly sun-faded. Illustrated edition featuring original color illustrations by Maurice Lalau (1881–1961), including 4 full-page illustrations. Limited edition of 1,525 copies; this one is one of 300 numbered copies on white vellum containing an additional black-and-white version of the illustrations. A very fine copy.