*POLAT (Tigrane) - LA FONTAINE (Jean de). Fables. Preface by M. Louis Barthou. Paris : Aux dépens d'un amateur, 1929. - In-8, 279 x 197 : (3 blank ff.), XIII pp, (1 f. of dedication), 370 pp, (5 ff. last 3 blank), illustrated cover. Blue morocco, straight and curved gilt fillets and compartment with sifted background on the corners of the boards, spine ribbed and decorated in the same spirit, grey morocco lining with gilt fillets, dark blue moiré silk endpapers, double endpapers, gilt edges on witnesses, cover and spine preserved, case (Semet et Plumelle). Rare edition, printed at only 196 copies, established by Henri Vever and illustrated with 70 original etchings by Tigrane POLAT (1874-1950), including a title vignette, repeated on the cover, a dedication leaf engraved outside the text, 46 vignettes at the head of 46 fables, and 22 hors-textes. Precious copy, being part of the 25 on japon, this one specially printed for Juan Hernandez. It is one of the few to contain numerous proofs of various states, printed in small numbers. It is also enriched with 6 original drawings signed by Polat, in ink and watercolor, as well as in graphite, one of the 30 suites of etchings in final state in sanguine on japon, and one of the 10 suites of etchings in state proofs on wove paper. All the suites and proofs, representing hundreds of plates, as well as 2 of the 6 drawings, have been gathered in two additional volumes in blue half-maroquin with corners by Semet et Plumelle, bearing on the spines the same decoration as the text volume. Three newspaper clippings on Polat have been added to the text volume. Spines slightly faded.