228- AYME (Marcel). La Vouivre. Illustrated and wood-engraved by Jean Chièze. Paris, Pierre Bricage, 1950, in-4, with 56 woodcuts in the text, chestnut morocco, smooth spine decorated with a long serpentine, gilt edges, framed with simple gilt fillet on the inside covers, first endpapers lined with gray tabis, marbled paper flyleaves, the first lined with gilt cloth, cover and spine preserved, all in flap folder and half-maroquin slipcase (A. Székely). Magnificent illustrated edition of one of Marcel Aymé's masterpieces, originally published in 1943 by Gallimard. A unique copy printed especially for the publisher, with a leaf stating "Exemplaire réservé à Pierre Bricage". In addition to the common iconography, it is enriched with: 1. A suite of 56 engravings on lightly tinted paper. 2. Four original drawings by Jean Chièze, signed, with dispatches and under serpents, including one in color, bound at the beginning of the book. 3. A flying print of the final woodcut, enriched with a letter from Jean Chièze "to Pierre and Berthe Bricage", dated October 17, 1950. A very fine copy. Enclosed: A L.A.S. from Marcel Aymé to Pierre Bricage, dated February 21, 1951, with a belated review of this illustrated publication of La Vouivre ("I am sorry to reply so late to your dispatch of 'La Vouivre', which gave me such great pleasure...").