Wood engraving Les Cartons d'estampes gravées sur bois, corporate work. A square vol. [520 x 520], preface by Clément-Janin, containing 39 woodcuts in black and in colors by G. Aubert, P. Bornet, J. Germain and L. Bazin after the masters (list below), each preceded by a preface. Title leaf decorated with an engraving by Bornet after P. Vera. Very fine state proofs on japon, most of them signed in pencil by the engraver and the artist (except for Rodin, no signature; without signature of the artist for Besnard, Carrière, La Touche; the pl. by Prinet without signature of the engraver). Some light foxing. Some text leaves heavily oxidized. Edges of plates slightly corroded. Small moisture ring in the lower right corner of a few plates. One of 25 nominative copies, printed for M. Alexandre Millerand, President of the Republic, with a mailing from Émile de Ruaz dated 1923. Rare. Total edition at 62 copies. Grey-green cloth portfolio of the edition (faded). Detail of the plates: - A. Rodin : 3 states - Ch. Cottet : 2 states - F. Auburtin : 2 states - G. La Touche : 2 states - Aman-Jean : 4 states - G. Desvallières : 2 states - J.-É. Blanche : 2 states - É.-R. Ménard : 3 states - A. Dauchez : 2 states - A. Bourdelle : 2 states - A. Roll : 2 states (one dedicated in pencil to President Millerand, the other signed in purple ink) - Jeanne Lucien Simon : 2 states - R.-X. Prinet : 2 states - Louise Galtier-Boissière : 2 states - L. Simon : 2 states - A. Besnard : 2 states - E. Carrière : 3 states (one dedicated to President Millerand by the engraver) "This first Carton d'Estampes Gravées sur Bois is especially reserved for the engraving of interpretation of which it gives a variety of cases, it represents the effort of a part of the corporation of the xylographers. [...] The original date of this Carton is 1913; interrupted by the war, it was composed and directed by Paul Bornet [...] Completed of printing in the house Lahure, June 9, 1919 [...] under the supervision of Paul Bornet, Georges Aubert, Jules Germain."