147. LES AMIS D'EDOUARD. Abbeville, F. Paillart, Champion,1911-1933, 165 fascicules in-16, stapled in filled covers, most uncut, in 32, brown morocco-style percaline folders and slipcases (period binding). Complete collection, copy by the bookbinder Canape Extremely rare set of this immense initiative by Édouard Champion, a great publisher and bibliophile. All the issues of which it is composed are printed in small numbers out of trade, all numbered and initialed by hand by Édouard Champion. Each one features either an author's letter or an ex-dono from Édouard Champion to one of his friends. The title pieces of the slipcases, laid end to end, form the following sentence: "Les/Amis/d'Edouard/sont/les/plus/aimables/des/amis/du/monde./Anatole/France/à/Edouard/Champion/ami/des/livres/et/des/dames./ A/Paris/et/à/Abbeville/(Somme)./Imprimerie/Frédéric/Paillart./1911-1933./Merci!" Details on request.