AYME (Albert) - MALLARMÉ (Stéphane). The Afternoon of a Faun. [Paris]: Published at the expense of a collector, [1966]. — Folio, 420x395: 65 pp., (first and last 3 folios blank), illustrated cover. Unbound, re-covered, in the publisher’s slipcase. A rare edition, printed in a run of 60 copies on pure rag paper, illustrated with 25 original color stencils by the artist and 5 original relief engravings by the painter and sculptor Albert AYME (1920–2012). The text was printed using 4-color screen printing. One of the 15 first-edition copies presented in a full-leather binding adorned with an original engraving, enriched with a special set of 5 original stencils signed on pearlescent Japanese paper and a set of 5 original relief engravings signed on handmade chiffon paper, one of which is gilded with gold leaf. Very well-preserved copy.