First edition, numbered copy on Vélin Crèvecoeur. Several pre-original editions of texts by cited authors. Publisher's folded cover, printed in yellow and black, corners slightly bumped, spine partially detached without loss. Numerous collaborations by: P. Claudel, F. Mauriac, F. Jammes, Colette, N. Gogol, A. Gide, Alain, S. Spender. The work includes a watercolor by Antoine Bourdelle as frontispiece and is complete with the numerous facsimiles of manuscripts such as Chateaubriand, F. Jammes, Louis XIV or drawings by H. Matisse, P. Bonnard, L. - A. Moreau, C. Bérard (in color). The publishing house La Table ronde, despite its youth (it was created in 1944), brings together some of the greatest contemporary writers. Handsome copy.