(SCHWABE, CARLOS.) Samain, Albert. Au Jardin de l'Infante. 280 mounted tissue proofs before text including color proofs for the engraved illustrations, woodcut borders, and woodcut vignettes, all printed in colors by J. G. C. M. Beltrand after Schwabe. Small folio, contents loose as issued within finished illustrated wrappers by Schwabe, small splits at corners and a few along edges; cloth-backed marbled board chemise with printed spine label. Paris: Le Livre Contemporain, [1908]
Created for the first illustrated edition of Samain's important Symbolist work. The book was published in an edition of 120 copies in 1908. This set of proofs may be unique or among only a few created. Some are dated 1904 and 1905.
