VILLIERS DE L'ISLE-ADAM, Philippe-Auguste, Comte de (1838-89). L' Annonciateur. Dix compositions de Louis-Ed. Fournier, Paris: A. Ferroud, 1905, 16°, FIRST EDITION limited to 350 copies, this number 25 of 110 copies on Japon or vélin d' Arches, etchings by X. Lesueur after Fournier in three states (slightly spotting), contemporary brown morocco by RENÉ KIEFFER, covers with onlaid foliate corner pieces joined by circular and indented lines in black forming an overall symmetrical pattern, spine with raised bands, titled in gilt in two compartments and dated at foot, inner dentelles with three-line gilt rule and repeated tool of a cupped flower, grey and orange silk doublures in clover-leaf pattern, original wrappers and backstrip preserved, prospectus also bound in at end, uncut, t.e.g., slipcase. [Thieme II, p. 988]