JOUAS (Charles) - HUYSMANS (Joris Karl). The Cathedral. Paris : A. Blaizot, René Kieffer, 1909. - In-4, 286 x 200 : (2 ff.), 360 pp. illustrated cover. Brown morocco, large cold plate on the boards, representing a large frame and a central cross composed of rosettes and foliage at the corners, ornate ribbed spine, brown morocco frame inside, decorated with a double gilt fillet, linings each including an unpublished engraving by Jouas printed on satin, brocaded silk endpapers with vertical stripes, double endpapers, gilt head, untrimmed, cover and spine preserved (René Kieffer). Deluxe edition and first illustrated edition, decorated with 64 etchings by Charles JOUAS (1866-1942) of which 16 full-page and 48 in the text. Limited edition of 250 copies, this one being one of the 180 with a single state of the engravings. Beautiful copy in a binding from the workshop of René Kieffer, with two engravings on satin serving as linings, enriched with the binder's prospectus on coated paper, presenting the facsimile of the book binding. Spine very slightly faded. Small blow to the two lower corners.