Dufy, Raoul, Montfort, Eugène. La belle-enfant ou l'amour à quarante ans. 2 Bl., 249 pp., 4 Bl. With 16 original etchings and 78 partly leaf-sized text erasures (incl. envelope) by Raoul Dufy. 33.5 x 26 cm. Loose double bow in illustrated Obroschur with pergamine envelope in OHLa blanket with goldgepr. RSchild and O.R. pushers. Paris, Ambroise Vollard, 1930. Bonet Carnets 207. Monod 8340. The Artist and the Book 93. Skira 107. Smoke 47. The latter erroneously indicate the total number of etchings with 94+16. – One of 245 numbered copies (total edition: 390 ex.) on uncircumcised Vélin d'Arches. "At the height of his career, Dufy was Concerned with depicting the life of noted rosers. In search of accuracy of delay for "La belle-enfant", one of the most celebrated of Dufy's illustrated books, he made preliminary studies in Marseilles, the locale of the novel". – Very nice, fresh specimen.