ELSKAMP Max (1862-1931). En symbole vers l'apostolat. Brussels, P. Lacomblez, [1895]; in-8, royal blue jansenist morocco, ribbed spine, pink morocco lining, light blue silk endpapers, gilt edges on witnesses, illustrated cover, slipcase (Huser - Ex-libris Maurice Bock). 207 copies of the first edition. Cover ornamentations by Henry Van de Velde. One of 5 copies on Japon (n° 6), the only large paper, with 2 copies on Chine. It bears an autograph letter from the author to Charles Dumercy: "Mon collaborateur selon la lettre, cordialement". A very fine copy, bound for Henri Bock. Ex-libris Marcel de Merre (Bibliothèque littéraire Marcel de Merre, 5 et 6 juin 2007, n° 135). - Cat. Sadeleeer, no. 8 (citing the Dumercy copy).