BARBIER (George) - SCHWOB (Marcel). Vies imaginaires. Paris: Le Livre contemporain, 1929. - In-4, 265 x 233: (6 ff. first 4 blank), XI, 179 pp. (6 ff. last 3 blank), 13 plates, filled cover. On leaves, in publisher's folder and slipcase. Remarkable illustrated edition of this text by Marcel Schwob, first published in 1896. It was undertaken by François-Louis Schmied and illustrated with 88 compositions by George BARBIER (1882-1932), wood-engraved in colour by Pierre Bouchet, including 2 on the cover and 13 out of text. Edition of 120 copies on Rives vellum, this one being one of the 10 reserved for contributors, specially printed for Pierre Bouchet. It is enriched with the following items: - Menu for the dinner given by Le Livre contemporain on 26 June 1929, decorated with an unsigned composition by George Barbier engraved on wood in colour by Bouchet. - P.S. by Schmied, giving the print run of the edition and the names of those for whom the collaborators' copies are intended. - L.A.S. from Schmied to Pierre Bouchet, 1/2 page in-4, undated, inviting the latter to dinner on Thursday. - 12 L.A.S. from George Barbier to Pierre Bouchet, 15 pages in-12 and 1 page in-4. Very interesting working correspondence on this work and, among others, on Bilitis. Cover slightly browned. Stains on the front cover. Soiling to edges of page 35. Provenance: Pierre Bouchet.