MASEREEL (Frans). The City. Paris: Albert Morancé, [1925]. — In-4, 283 x 227. Paperback, cloth-bound cover, slipcase. First edition of this beautiful and interesting volume featuring 100 woodcuts by the Belgian painter, engraver, and illustrator Frans MASEREEL (1889–1972)—a true visual narrative in which each image depicts a scene from everyday city life in the 1920s. The artist began it in 1918 and did not complete it until 1925. The edition was printed in a run of 275 copies. This is one of the 200 printed on Arches vellum, signed by the artist on the colophon (no. 150). A rare and valuable copy, enhanced by a superb full-page original drawing by Masereel, signed and inscribed to “T? Belle.” Cover slightly discolored; tear at one hinge.