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First edition illustrated with 11 etchings and 11 woods original Jean Frélaut and printed 271 copies numbered on Arches paper, ours one of the 20 out of trade reserved for employees.
Ex libris of the family Frélaut glued on a guard.
Back of the shirt-case insolated and with small tears in the head and foot.
Autograph dedication dated and signed by Jean Frélaut to his daughter Marie enriched with a drawing in pencil of paper representing the banks of the Seine with trees.
Our copy is also enriched with a beautiful watercolor original Jean Frélaut he signed, consisting of a study for this text, and featuring fishermen launching their lines on the dock of the Mégisserie at the foot of the Pont Neuf.