Vaillant (Jean, binder).- France (Anatole) Les Sept Femmes de la Barbe-Bleue et Autres Contes Merveilleux, number 60 of 70 copies on Japon with 3 states of the plates (one state in black, some plates on chine), from an edition limited to 1200, hand-coloured plates and illustrations by G.A.Mossa, bound in crushed blue goatskin, by Jean Vaillant, covers with frame of onlaid leafy olive green goatskin outlined with swirling geometric border composed of 5 narrow parallel lines in gilt, spine titled in gilt between compartments of olive green leafy onlays and four raised bands, blue goatskin doublures with elaborate ornamental gilt dentelles containing birds, flowers and suns within thin strip of red goatskin and gilt rules, signed "Flammarion Vaillant" at foot of front doublure, marbled endpapers and flyleaves, t.e.g., others uncut, preserved in half blue goatskin chemise (spine slightly darkened) and marbled board slip-case (a little rubbed at edges), 8vo (binding c.255 x 175mm.) Paris, 1921.

⁂ Jean Vaillant (1885-1947) worked as a binder for his uncle the publisher Ernest Flammarion.