FRANCE (Anatole) - MUCHA (Alphonse). Clio. Paris : Calmann-Lévy, 1900. - In-8, 198 x 141 : (4 ff. first blank), 188 pp., (2 ff.), illustrated cover. Red half-maroquin with corners, gilt filets, spine decorated, gilt head, untrimmed, cover and spine kept (Noulhac). First edition dedicated to Emile Zola of this collection of 5 tales by Anatole France : Le Chantier de Kymé. - Komm l'atrébate. - Farinata degli Uberti or the civil war. - The King drinks. - The Muiron". This edition is particularly sought after because of the beautiful illustrations of Alphonse MUCHA who realized 13 compositions in colors of which one on the cover, repeated in black on the title, 5 in head of each of the tales and 7 in full page. ONE OF 50 NUMBERED COPIES ON CHINESE PAPER, enriched with a double suite of illustrations, in color and in line. Beautiful copy in Noulhac binding, very well preserved.