[BIBLIOPHILIE]. Le Livre Français, des origines à la fin du second Empire. Published in Paris and Brussels by Librairie Nationale d'Art et d'Histoire and G. Van Oest et Cie in 1924. In-4 format. Brown morocco half-chagrin edged with gilt fillet, smooth spine flowered and titled in gold, gilt headband, cover preserved. 184 pages, 104 off-text plates in heliochrome and heliotype, some with serpents, all mounted on tabs. Title vignette, headbands, lettering and endpapers. Title printed in black and red, in a handsome ornamented frame on the original cover. Spine slightly oiled, minor rubbing. First edition of this collective work on the exhibition devoted to the history of the book in France, from its origins to the end of the Second Empire, organized in April 1923 at the Pavillon de Marsan. The text is by Henry Martin, André Blum, Ch. Mortet, Mlle J. Duportal, Louis Réau, Frantz Calot, Amédée Boinet and Comte Durrieu. It is accompanied by numerous works reproduced in heliochrome and heliotype on hors-texte plates. Contents: Painted manuscripts - The 15th-century engraved book - The 16th-century engraved book - The 17th-century engraved book - The 18th-century engraved book - The 19th-century illustrated book - Bookbinding - Book lovers in France from the Middle Ages to the end of the Second Empire. Limited edition of 870 copies, this being one of 850 on Lafuma's vergé pur chiffon. A fine, decorative copy of this exhaustive study that will delight bibliophiles.