VILLON (Jacques) - RACINE (Jean). Spiritual Song. [Paris: Raoul Mortier, 1945]. - In-folio, 429 x 325: (10 ff. last white), blank cover. Very light blue box, first plate decorated with a radiant mosaic of calves and morocco in 16 different colours in pastel shades, surrounded by golden and cold fillets, smooth spine, lining and endpapers of handmade cloudy paper, quilted in grey and gold, head gilded, untrimmed, cover and spine preserved, back to back shirt and grey box cover strips , case (G. de Coster - H. Dumas). Edition printed in 225 copies on Arches wove paper, illustrated with 5 original etchings by Jacques VILLON, 3 full-page and 2 in the text. Copy of the bibliophile René Zierer, enriched with an original drawing by Villon, signed and dedicated, as well as a copy sent by the artist on the fake title:t o Mr. René Zierer // in memory of his father // to Mrs. Zierer // Jacques Villon // 1959 The copy is also enriched with a short autograph letter signed by the artist to Zierer to wish him a happy new year 1954, and an autograph leaflet by Germaine de Coster, dated 1962, giving the description of the binding. Very nice copy bound by Germaine de Coster and Hélène Dumas. A few scattered freckles . Provenance: René Zierer, with dispatch and ex-libris.