MAETERLINCK, Mauritius. The Life of Bees. Paris: Librairie des amateurs, A. Ferroud, F. Ferroud Succr,[1914-1918]. - In-8, olive half maroquin with corners, back with nerves decorated with mosaic flowers and golden bees in frames of two golden fillets, golden head, not trimmed, cover and back preserved (Sofa). Very beautiful luxury edition started in 1914 and completed in 1918, illustrated with a vignette on the cover, 7 false titles, 7 vignettes, 7 culs-de-lampe and 8 out-of-text compositions, engraved on wood in colour by Ernest Florian after Adolphe Giraldon's watercolours. The text appears in a beautifully stylized frame . One of the 1014 numbered copies on Arches vellum . Beautiful mosaic binding of Canape. Back cleared up, some friction of use. Scattered freckles.