[Prosper Mérimée] 2 titles: (1) Carmen et cinq autres nouvelles [cover title]

La Vénus d'Ille. Matteo Falcone. L'Enlèvement de la redoute. Le vase étrusque. La dame de pique. Illustrations en couleurs de Brunelleschi. Paris, l'Édition d'Art H. Piazza, 1948, printed in 300 numbered copies (this is no. 131, one of 230 copies on vélin Renage with additional suite of the 17 illustrations in black), 245,(4) p., with 17 coloured ills., original pictorial wrapper, 4to, together with the suite in cardboard slipcase (small bookplate "FLG" to inside of the sl. tanned wrapper).

(2) Prosper Mérimée. Theatre de Clara Gazul, Comédienne espagnole. Présentation par Jean Cassou. Illustration de Jean Aujame. Paris, printed by Coulouma for Les Éditions Nationales, 1946, printed in 650 numbered, lettered or H.C. copies (this is no. 271, one of 500 copies on Johannot), with 12 pochoir coloured, lithographed plates and 18 monochrome, woodcut headpieces, original wrapper, 4to, together with a suite of the 12 plates in black (not mentioned in the colophon) in halfcloth chemise and slipcase (very good copy with minimal defects to chemise/ slipcase). (total 2)