Maurice Maeterlinck & Tavy Notton, The Life Of Bees, Nice 1954, Ex. On Super-pearlescent Japan.

- MAETERLINCK, Maurice The life of bees. Original engravings with burin by Tavy Notton. Nice, at the expense of an amateur (Bourg-la-Reine, Dominique Viglino), 1954 In-4°. In ff., under printed cover, in publisher's folder and slipcase. 42 burins including 16 full pages and 4 double pages. Edition of 225 copies. This one: ONE OF 10 ON SUPER-NACRÉ JAPAN and accompanied by a suite of illustrations on ribbed silk-paper, enriched with an original pencil drawing signed by the artist and two double plates printed on silk. Beautiful illustration engraved with the care of an entomologist. An almost unique copy, the two silk prints coming as a supplement, not mentioned on the proof of print. Very beautiful copy. The price indicated includes the costs related to shipping to mainland France.