GIDE (André) - LAURENCIN (Marie). La Tentative amoureuse ou le Traité du vain désir. Paris : Éditions de la Nouvelle Revue Française, 1921. - In-8, paperback. First illustrated edition, decorated with 8 watercolors by Marie LAURENCIN (1883-1956), 4 of which are out of the text, engraved on wood in colors by Jules Germain and L. Petitbarat. Unique edition at 412 copies on Lafuma-Navarre paper. EXAMPLE WITH THE FOLLOWING 10 ORIGINAL EAUX-FORTES BY MARIE LAURENCIN, IN A TRIAL EDITION ON HOLLAND PAPER (190 x 115 mm), for the book " Éventail " published in 1922. These engravings, unsigned, represent portraits of women. Appreciations in pencil appear under each figure, "good" or "too light". Soiling to the cover, tears to the hinges.