MINACHE (Génia) - 'UMAR HAYYAM. The Rubaiyat, translated from Persian by Franz Toussaint. Paris: Marcel Lubineau, [1957]. — In-8, 277 x 190: (2 blank folios), 151 pp., (4 folios, the last 2 blank), illustrated cover. Loose-leaf, bound cover, with the publisher’s slipcase and dust jacket. An edition of 575 copies printed on pure-fiber Rives vellum, illustrated with 21 watercolors by the Russian artist Génia MINACHE (1907–1972), rendered as color woodcuts by Pierre Jean Mathan, including a vignette on the cover, a frontispiece, a vignette on the title page, a footnote illustration, and 16 full-page illustrations. Author’s proof, unnumbered. It has been supplemented with the following items: - Line art sequences of the illustrations. - Monochrome sequences (the illustration on page 87 is missing) - A rejected color illustration. - Color breakdown of an illustration (p. 127). Well-preserved copy. Provenance: Pierre-Jean Mathan Collection. Also included: - RIMBAUD (Arthur) - BOUCHER (Lucien). Poésies. Paris: Marcel Lubineau, [1953]. — In-8, loose-leaf, filled cover, publisher’s slipcase and case. Edition printed in a run of 770 copies on Rives vellum, illustrated with 26 watercolors by Lucien BOUCHER (1889–1971), woodcut in color by Pierre Bouchet. A proof copy, printed for the typographer Pierre Jean Mathan, a collaborator of Pierre Bouchet, with a handwritten note by the publisher: Copy “for Pierre-Jean Mathan as a friendly memento. Marcel Lubineau. ” It is enriched with a series of illustrations on Malacca, the color separations for one plate, and three unpublished engravings. A faint water stain on the inside of the cover, which has left a slight mark on the cover. Provenance: Pierre Jean Mathan Collection.