*SCHWABE (Carlos) - MAETERLINCK (Maurice). Pelléas et Mélisande. Paris : Édition d'art H. Piazza, [1924]. - In-8, 224 x 157 : 144 pp, (2 ff.), illustrated cover. Dark green morocco, gilt frame on the boards, composed of fillets and fleurons at the corners, spine decorated in the same spirit, dark green morocco framed inside, decorated with fillets and gilt motifs, red moiré silk lining and endpapers, double guards, gilt edges on witnesses, cover and spine preserved, slipcase (Affolter 1925) Most elegant edition, highly sought after, printed at 950 copies, illustrated with 31 color compositions, including 12 full-page and 19 chapter headings, by painter and engraver Carlos SCHWABE (1866-1926). Added to this illustration is a composition on the title and several ornaments by the same artist. ONE OF THE FIRST 30 COPIES ON JAPAN, containing 2 states in color and one state in black of the illustrations, as well as AN ORIGINAL AQUARELLE SIGNED BY SCHWABE. A fine copy in strictly period binding by Affolter. Spine uniformly faded.