Yverdon-Les-Bains (Suisse)

First edition, one of 100 copies out of trade.
Nice copy.
Affectionate autograph dedication dated and signed by Michel Butor to his friends George and Alice Raillard: "... a lot of fun to see you the other day in the middle of the raout Hold the evening of February 29 (20.00) for the first of this (transformed version of course) oratorio in the great auditorium of the Radio, Paris.Mille Amitiés.Your Michel Butor. "

New edition.
Handsome copy.

First edition of this religious pastiche composed by Jesuit missionaries in India. Printed on the presses of Fortuné-Barthélemy de Felice at Yverdon, it was published by Baron de Sainte-Croix.
Later binding (circa 1840) in full blonde calf. Spine with five raised bands decorated with gilt compartments and fillets, as well as long-grain brown morocco title and volume labels. Triple gilt fillets framing the turn-ins. Quadruple fillets and gilt floral cornerpieces framing the marbled paper pastedowns. All edges gilt.
Handsome copy in attractive binding by Niédrée, whose name is inscribed in pen on the first endpaper of the first volume.

First edition established and annotated by Michel Sicard and for which it was not drawn great papers.
Nice copy.
Signed autograph dedication of Michel Butor to his great friend and biographer Georges Raillard and his wife Alice.