DAVID (Hermine) - GIRAUDOUX (Jean). Elpénor. Paris : Émile-Paul frères, [1926]. - In-4, 243 x 186 : (4 ff. first two blanks), 169 pp, (3 ff. last blank), 10 plates, printed cover. Bound in half grey morocco, half red chagrin, title in gilt letters on the first board, smooth spine, gilt and cold-stamped fillets inside, gilt head, untrimmed, cover and spine preserved, case (J. Mazère). Estimated edition of only 230 copies, illustrated with fourteen original drypoints by Hermine DAVID (1886-1970) including four chapter headings and ten off-texts. One of the 200 copies on Arches laid paper, enriched with an original drawing signed by Hermine David on the second blank page, dedicated to René Froissart, and with an autograph sending signed by the author on the false title, addressed to the publisher Louis Brun (1...-1939) : To Louis Brun, // this Elpenor, the opposite of Bella, // his friend // GiraudouxVery nice copy in Mazère binding who practiced in Paris from 1900 to 1940. Spine very slightly faded . Provenance: Louis Brun, with autograph letter signed by the author. - René Froissart, with original drawing dedicated by Hermine David.