PERGAUD Louis. L'Aube. Lille, Édition du "Beffroi", 1904; in-12, 68 pp, red half-maroquin with corners, gilt fillet, ribbed spine, gilt head, illustrated cover and spine (Lavaux). Hard-to-find first edition of this collection of poems, Louis Pergaud's first published book. The cover (here called the Frontispiece) is illustrated by the illuminator Marcel Lenoir. Autograph signed letter from Louis Pergaud dated Durnes, 4 June 1904. Small photographic portrait of the author attached under the cover (name scratched off). Ex-libris Couret-Bourdale. A fine copy.