LAFORGUE (Jules) Set of two works in first edition. - L'Imitation de Notre-Dame la Lune. Paris, Léon Vanier, 1886. In-12 (17.9 x 11.2 cm), bradel chocolate half-maroquin, spine ribbed with a central gilt fleuron, gilt head, glazed covers preserved (period binding). First edition. Copy enriched with an autograph letter signed by the author to his publisher: "Here is what will be the last play, the epilogue to my Moons. I am very happy about it [...]. I shall be at your house on Friday evening [...] to correct it on the spot". This copy also includes the issue of Hommes d'Aujourd'hui devoted to Jules Laforgue with a text by Gustave Kahn and his portrait by Émile Laforgue, the author's brother (6th vol., no. 298). Covers a little stained, a small angular crease. - Moralités légendaires. Paris, Librairie de la Revue indépendante, 1887. Gr. in-12 (18,6 x 12,2 cm), cream percaline, smooth spine titled in gold, gilt head, covers and spine preserved (Riviere & Son). First edition. Adorned with an etched portrait-frontispiece of the author by his brother, Émile Laforgue. Limited edition of 420 numbered copies, of which 400 on English mechanical vellum paper, this one no. 357. Spine unstained, binding lightly browned in places. Provenance - Charles Meek (bookplate engraved by Jean Émile Laboureur). - Gérard Lévy Collection. Bibliography Talvart et Place, X, p. 356-357. Vicaire, p. 934. A set of two works by Jules Laforgue in first edition.