Jorge Luis BORGES

First edition of the French translation prepared by Roger Caillois and René L.F. Durand, one of 33 numbered copies on pure rag paper, the only deluxe paper issue.

Rare and very fine copy.

Second illustrated edition.
Spine with some rubbing.
Illustrated with drawings by Horacio Cardo.
 
Rare presentation copy erroneously dated 1949 and signed by Jorge Luis Borges to his muse Ema Risso Platero : « à Emita, con afecto innumerable. »