Alain-Fournier (pseudonym of Henri-Alban Fournier, 1886-1914) – Jean-Pierre Rémon (b.1928, illustrator)
Le Grand Meaulnes. Lausanne: André Gonin, 1956.
Large quarto (400 x 281mm). Printed on Rives, signed by the artist and editor. Frontispiece and 52 other original gouache illustrations by Jean-Pierre Rémon. Loose as issued within printed blue wrappers (some spotting to wrappers); housed in publisher’s vellum-backed black cloth chemise and slipcase (light rubbing and staining). Provenance: Sotheby's, Paris, 15 May 2012, lot 113.

A finely-illustrated limited edition of Alain-Fournier’s literary classic, containing 53 original gouache illustrations by Jean-Pierre Rémon. This is no. XXXI of 40 hors commerce copies reserved for the artist, editor and their collaborators, from a total edition of 200.

[Sold with:] – Le Grand Meaulnes. Paris: Émile-Paul Frères, 1913. First edition in book form, no. 279 of 1000 copies on alfa satin. Imprint on p.366 dated September 1913. Modern brown half morocco, original printed wrappers dated October 1913 bound in.