NERVAL (Gérard de). Sylvie. Paris, Minerve, 1942. In-8, beige box, boards decorated with a mosaic bouquet of blue and white flowers enhanced with gilt, smooth spine, calf-edged spine flaps decorated with a gilt fillet, gilt edges, cover and spine, folder and slipcase. (G. Cretté, Marius Michel's successor). Edition illustrated with 49 etchings by Paul Adrien Bouroux, drawn by E. Brunel, 8 of which are full-page. "A fine and charming publication" (Carteret). Edition of 168 copies, this one of 8 numbered copies on japon impérial second paper after a single copy on japon, containing a suite of the first state, a suite of the final states with remarks, as well as an original drawing in pencil and ink wash signed by the illustrator. Enriched by two other original drawings in the same technique, also signed. Very fine binding decorated with a floral design by Georges Cretté, Marius Michel's successor. Carteret Illustrés IV, p. 304.