L'enfantement du mort. Miracle en pourpre, noir et or

L'Enfantement du mort.
Miracle en pourpre, noir et or First edition, one of 23 numbered copies on Japon impérial, the tirage de tête.
Elegant Bradel binding in half khaki embossed leather over paper boards with moiré effect gilt spirals by Goy & Vilaine, illustrated covers preserved, gilt moiré effect spirals to edges of covers, top edge gilt.
Autograph inscription from Marcel l'Herbier.
With two original illustrations by Marcel Féguide.
This copy is complete with its photographic portrait of the author by Man Ray. A very rare work printed in three colors and finished on the 18 April 1917, the 990^th day of the war.