12. Haraucourt (Edmond) L’Effort: La Madone, L’Antechrist, L’Immortalité, La Fin du Monde, 4 parts in 1, number L (?of 180 copies), hand-coloured decorative floral half-title, colophon and title by Leon Rudnicki, each part with pictorial title and text within pictorial or decorative border, many hand-coloured, contemporary half morocco over marbled boards, t.e.g., others uncut, rebacked, original hand-coloured decorative wrappers by Rudnicki bound in (a little rubbed and marked, backstrip creased), marbled board slip-case rubbed, 4to, Paris, 1894.
est. £600 – £800
Magnificent work with four stories illustrated by different symbolist artists comprising: La Madone , colour lithographs after Alexandre Lunois; L’Antechrist , engravings after Eugène Couboin, hand-coloured by A.Charpentier; L’Immortalité, etchings and engravings by Carlos Schwabe, the latter hand-coloured by Charpentier; La Fin du Monde , hand-coloured engraved title printed in silver and engravings after Alexandre Séon, some hand-coloured.