ARÈNE (Paul). Jean-des-Figues. Paris, chez l'Artiste, 1927. Large in-8, plum morocco, double framed with green morocco listels completed with rectangles with small mosaic triangles in green, red and yellow morocco, the whole set with gilt fillets, mosaic fruit bowl painted in polychrome in the centre, ornate spine, interior framed with multiple gilt fillets, brown moire lining and endpapers, gilt head, untrimmed, cover and spine, slipcase (Marius Magnin). Illustrated with 70 woodcuts in colour by Fernand Siméon, including thirty-five headpieces and thirty-five tailpieces. Edition of 150 copies signed by the artist, this being one of 130 copies on Arches vellum, enriched with an original watercolour signed by the artist (8.5 x 13 cm) and a black suite of the 35 head vignettes. Case split, minor rubbing, spine slightly oiled.