Bal des petits lits blancs. by [LYDIS, Mariette, illustrator.]

Square quarto (230 × 190 mm), 70 leaves including a foil front endpaper and an acetate overlay, numerous illustrations and adverts, many in colour, some photographic. Spiral bound in stiff wrappers (original plastic comb spine). An excellent copy.

A scarce and substantial brochure for a charity gala, to which Mariette Lydis contributed eight full-page illustrations (some for adverts) mainly of young girls or women. Other artistic contributors include Marie Laurencin, Raoul Dufy and Vertès and there are further contributions from Jean Cocteau, Daisy Fellowes, Arthur Honneger, Pierre Mac-Orlan, François Mauriac, André Maurois and Colette. Lydis is the largest single contributor. The Bal des petits lits was an annual fundraising event for the benefit to sick and disadvantaged children and attracted the patronage of leading artistic figures each year.