Babou (Henry). Les artistes du livre, Paris: Henry Babou, 1928-33. 24 volumes, 4to, each volume in unbound quires loose in original varicoloured printed wrappers as issued, and each with half-title (limitation statement verso), portrait frontispiece, leaf (or 2 leaves) of manuscript fascimile, and plates and text illustrations (various media, many hand-coloured), custom clear acetate dust jackets (browning to a few half-titles from tape or uncovered part of wrappers; the jacket taped to wrappers in volumes 18-19, with concomitant staining) (qty: 24) A complete set, each volume one of 650 copies on vélin blanc, from the total edition of 700 or 750 (volume 20 is one of 800), though the requisite plate count in each volume has not been established. The volumes are: Carlègle; Charles Martin; Joseph Hémard; Laboureur; Hermann Paul; Brissaud; Mathurin Méheut; Sylvain Sauvage; Dignimont; George Barbier; Lobel-Riche; A. E. Marty; Gabriel Belot; Auguste Brouet; Siméon; Berthold Mahn; Marcel Vertès; Louis Morin; Pierre Bonnard; Chimot; Paul Jouve; Jacques Touchet; and J.-L. Perrichon.