POE (Edgar Allan) - BELTZ (Robert). Histoires extraordinaires. Hagueneau: aux dépens d'un amateur, 1982. - In-4, leaves, filled cover, publisher's slipcase. Charming edition of 11 extraordinary stories by Edgar Allan Poe, illustrated with 34 compositions by Alsatian illustrator Robert BELTZ (1900-1981), including 12 full-page woodcuts in color by Guy Descouens (the colophon indicates 23 watercolors and 6 culs-de-lampe). This is the second volume illustrated by Beltz, after the one published in 1958. Limited edition of 283 copies, plus a few "hors commerce" copies from collaborators, printed on papeteries de Lana pure vellum paper. This is one of a handful of off-price copies, specially printed for Pierre Jean Mathan, the typographer who printed the book. Spine of slipcase faded, otherwise a perfectly preserved copy. Provenance: Pierre Jean Mathan Collection.