LEROUX (Auguste) - GUÉRIN (Charles). The Sower of ashes. Paris : librairie des Amateurs, A. Ferroud, F. Ferroud successor, 1923. - In-4, 266 x 183 : frontispiece, 220 pp, (2 ff. last blank), 11 plates, illustrated cover. Grey jansenist morocco, spine ribbed, grey morocco framed inside, decorated with gilt and cold-stamped fillets as well as mosaic flowers at the corners, lining and brocaded silk endpapers with lilac checkerboard patterns, double endpapers, gilt edges, cover and spine preserved, slipcase (Ch. Septier) Beautiful edition printed at 1225 copies, illustrated with fifteen etchings by Auguste LEROUX (1871-1954), including a frontispiece, two chapter headings, a cul-de-lampe and eleven off-texts. In addition, there are three compositions on the cover and several woodcut ornaments by Clément, including one in color on the title. ONE OF THE THIRTY HEADERS ON JAPAN, containing four states of the etchings, including one in color, à la poupée, and an original watercolor signed by Auguste Leroux. A very nice copy bound by Charles Septier. Spine slightly browned. Provenance: Robert Beauvillain, with ex-libris engraved by Charles Jouas (cat. March 20, 2020, n° 214).