HERVIEU (Louise). The Soul of the Circus. Morality awarded by the Académie Française. Paris, Librairie de France, F. Sant'Andrea et L. Marcerou, 1924. In-4 sheet, illustrated paperback cover and cardboard folder, first edition illustrated with a cover by Mariano Andreu, 29 in-text compositions and 14 plates, reproduced in black and colour by Daniel Jacomet, after the greatest artists of the time, including Jacques-Émile Blanche, Jean-Gabriel Daragnès, Maurice Denis, André Favory, Raoul Dufy, Hermann Paul, Pierre Laprade, Luc-Albert Moreau, Georges Rouault, André Dunoyer de Segonzac, Antoine Bourdelle, Pierre Bonnard, André Rouveyre, Jean Cocteau, Félix Vallotton, Pablo Picasso, André Lhote, etc. Limited edition of 403 copies numbered and initialled by the publisher, this one unnumbered, printed for Pierre-Louis Duchartre. Worn cover with small tears and tears, in protective plastic film, faded folder. Provenance: Collection Anne Marie Berger