BOURBONNAIS - Ferdinand DUBREUIL (1894-1957, writer and illu - Lot 272

BOURBONNAIS - Ferdinand DUBREUIL (1894-1957, writer and illustrator) / "J'ai vu mourir Sainte Barbe au Pays des Mineurs", Tours, Chez l'Auteur, 1952 (printed by Barbot & Gallon in Tours, woodblock printed by Bourges in Saint-Symphorien), 35 p in-4 leaves in filled folder illustrated with a vignette, in slipcase, plus v p (title, dedication, justification of printing), plus x p in notebook, with watercolor-enhanced title engraving, 12 lithographic plates, 3 paste-down illustrations and 5 woodcuts (captioned and signed in pencil by Dubreuil) and a tracing plan - First edition printed in an edition of 300 numbered copies, one of 250 (here 132) on Libert paper with a handsome autograph letter signed on the justification leaf.