[LABOUREUR (Jean-Émile)]. MAETERLINCK (Maurice). The life of bees. - The Life of Termites. - La Vie des fourmis. Paris, L'Artisan du livre, 1930. 3 volumes in-8, edition illustrated by Jean-Émile Laboureur with burin engravings including, for La vie des abeilles, a frontispiece, 2 plates and 7 head vignettes, for La vie des termites a frontispiece and 11 vignettes and for La vie des fourmis a frontispiece and 11 headbands. Limited edition of 750 numbered copies, these no. 11, of the top 50 on Japanese imperial paper, including a suite of first state engravings on the same paper. Bound in full brown calf, boards with framing gilt fillet, smooth spine with interrupted framing gilt fillet, gilt title, author and illustrator, all edges gilt, suede lining and endpapers, covers and spine preserved, in a common slipcase lined with the same leather and stamped with the words "abeilles", "termites" and "fourmis" under each volume. Signed Pierre Lucien-Martin. Provenance: Bibliothèque Elvire Choureau. (slight rubbing). Expert : Mr. Nicolas Asvisio