ERNI (Hans) - HUGO (Victor): William Shakespeare. Lausanne: André and Pierre Gonin, [1976]. -In-folio, leaves, filled cover, white parchment spine folder and publisher's slipcase. Separate edition of the text "Shakespeare the Elder" constituting Book IV of Part I of Victor Hugo's "William Shakespeare", illustrated with 10 original color etchings by Swiss painter and engraver Hans ERNI (1909-2015). Limited edition of 200 copies. ONE OF THE 7 FIRST ON NACRED JAPON, including a suite signed on paper by Duchêne, an original drawing and a crossed-out copperplate, this one bearing the letter F, specially printed for Monsieur Constant-Louis Bonard. The justification includes the signatures of the publishers and the artist, who has added a drawing of a dove. The copy also includes an autograph dedication signed by the artist on the false title, accompanied by an original drawing, addressed to Constant-Louis Bonard, dated January 1977. It is enriched by a second copy of the false title with a second dedication by the artist to Isabelle de Rouvre, accompanied by a portrait, probably of her, dated May 4, 1989. A perfectly preserved copy. Provenance: Constant-Louis Bonard. - Isabelle de Rouvre.