SAMAIN (Albert). Contes. Hyalis. Rovère and Angisèle. Xanthis. Divine Bontemps. Paris: printed at the expense of Dr. Émile Goubert, 1908. - In-4, 328x253: portrait, (5 ff. first blank), 159 pp, (2 ff.), printed covers. Dark blue half-maroquin à la Bradel, smooth spine, untrimmed, covers and spine preserved (E. Carayon). Esteemed and rare new collective edition, illustrated with an unpublished portrait of the author drawn and engraved by James, as well as 25 compositions in the text, engraved after drawings by Louis-Édouard Fournier. One of twenty copies of the special edition on Arches vellum paper for "Les XX", under double cover, signed by the publisher in the justification. A fine copy bound by Carayon. Provenance: Albert Natural, with bookplate (Bergé sale, December 8, 2009, no. 572). - J. C. D., with bookplate (Binoche sale, November 7, 2018, n°295-37).