LALAU (Maurice) - ROSNY. (Joseph-Henry). Tabubu. Egyptian novel. Paris: Jules Meynial, [1932]. - In-12, 182x141: (6 ff. first 3 blanks), 112 pp. (6 ff. last 2 blanks), illustrated cover. Leaves, filled cover, modern gray cloth slipcase. First illustrated edition of this Egyptian novel, first published in 1894, with 110 numbered copies on Madagascar vellum. It is illustrated with 71 compositions by painter Maurice LALAU (1881-1961), including 10 full-page ones, all enhanced with gold and palladium. THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL ART DECO ILLUSTRATED BOOKS. Begun in 1928 and printed in 1932, its interest lies as much in the quality of its illustration as in the quality of its printing, carried out by Lalau himself in his workshop, with the collaboration of Raymond Jacquet. A very well preserved copy.