LOUŸS (Pierre). Les Aventures du roi Pausole. Paris : Librairie Charpentier et Fasquelle, 1901. - In-8, 223 x 137 : (4 ff.), 404 pp. printed cover. Blue-green morocco, boards decorated with a large frame made of gilt fillets and irons, spine decorated, blue-green morocco framed inside decorated with a gilt roulette and floral motifs, drawing on parchment inlaid in the linings, beige moiré silk endpapers, gilt edges on witnesses, cover and spine preserved, blue-green morocco spine slipcase decorated with gilt motifs (M. Lortic). First edition dedicated to Jean de Tinan, of this famous satirical novel by Pierre Louÿs. Printed at 380 copies, this is one of the 300 on vellum (n° 339). UNIQUE EDITION, ENRICHED WITH 166 ORIGINAL AQUARELLES BY LOUIS MORIN (1855-1938), including 2 on parchment inlaid in the linings, 13 hors texte on strong wove paper and 151 in the text. The majority of the off-texts and the two watercolours on parchment are signed by the artist. Louis Morin was a renowned painter, caricaturist and illustrator. He participated in most of the humorous newspapers such as La Caricature, L'Assiette au beurre and Le Figaro illustré. He composed silhouettes for the shadow theatre of Le Chat Noir as well as numerous wall decorations, and illustrated several works that are sought after today. He was appreciated for his scenes of Venice but also of Montmartre. Superb copy bound by Lortic, perfectly preserved. At the end two additional leaves from another copy have been added (pp. 1-2 and 15-16), the first one also decorated with a watercolour by Louis Morin