DOUCET (Jérôme) - ROCHEGROSSE (Georges). Three legends of gold, silver and copper. Sainte Marie l'égyptienne. The beautiful face of death. L'Âme du samovar. Paris: Librairie des amateurs, A. Ferroud, 1901. - In-8, 242 x 167: (4 ff. first blank), 121 pp., (1 f.), illustrated cover. Jansenist red morocco, ribbed spine, black morocco lining edged with gilt fillet, red silk endpapers, double endpapers, gilt edges on witnesses, cover and spine preserved, edged slipcase (Noulhac). Original edition of 351 copies, illustrated with 33 intaglio compositions by Georges ROCHEGROSSE (1859-1938), including 3 framed title pages, 24 lettrines, 3 culs-de-lampe and 3 hors-textes. One of 60 copies on japon or Arches vellum, here on japon, containing a suite in black on chine of all the illustrations (no. 29). A very fine copy in a lined binding by Noulhac, with the publication prospectus printed on japon. The prospectus indicates that there is a vellum copy in addition to the 350 numbered copies, not mentioned in the justification.