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Lot n° 33

MAETERLINCK, Maurice

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The Life of Termites Paris, Bibliothèque Charpentier, Eugène Fasquelle éditeur, 1926 ORIGINAL EDITION In-12 (184 x 120mm). ISSUE: one of 520 copies on hollande (no. 142), second paper. ILLUSTRATION: engraving of a drawing by Charles Doudelet. ATTACHMENT: l.a.s from Maurice Maeterlinck to Mme Lauteirès, dated July 3, 1921. One page in-8, blue ink, address and stamp on verso. BINDING circa 1950: black chagrin spine, blue marbled paper boards, gilt head, cover and spine preserved [With:] 2. From the same publisher, La Vie des fourmis. Same publisher, 1930. ORIGINAL EDITION. In-12 (184 x 120mm). ISSUE: one of 600 copies on hollande (no. 661), second paper. Same binding as above 3. From the same publisher, L'Araignée de verre. Same publisher, 1932. ORIGINAL EDITION. In-12 (204 x 140mm). ISSUE: one of 350 copies on hollande (no. 206), second paper. CONTEMPORARY BINDING. Red chagrin spine and corners, marbled paper boards, gilt filleting, ornate ribbed spine, gilt head, witnesses, cover preserved.