VERLAINE (Paul). Fêtes galantes. Paris : R. Helleu, 1919. - In-8, 243 x 177 : 82 pp. and 1 f., illustrated cover. Grey morocco, cold fillet framing on the boards a floral plate on a piece of calf, made and colored by Georges Baudin, ribbed spine, grey morocco framing inside, decorated with gilt fillets, lining and endpapers of lilac moiré silk, double guards, gilt edges on witnesses, cover and spine preserved, slipcase (Ch. Lanoé) Sought-after edition, printed at 335 copies, illustrated with thirty-one original lithographs by Charles GUÉRIN plus some woodcut ornaments by Jules Germain. Superb copy, one of 254 on vélin du Marais, bound by Charles Lanoé, covered on the boards with two identical but inverted floral plates, made and painted by the painter, engraver and bookbinder Georges BAUDIN (1882-1960) whose signature appears on the first board. Spine faded. Provenance: Robert Beauvillain, with ex-libris engraved by Charles Jouas (cat. 20 March 2020, n° 336).