First edition, one of 600 numbered copies on Montgolfier laid paper. Spine and boards marginally discolored and sunned as usual, a crease mark at foot of first board, bookplate pasted on endpaper. Work illustrated with 8 lithographs by René Ben Sussan. Autograph inscription signed by Emmanuel Bove: "A Willy Michel de tout coeur." ["To Willy Michel with all my heart."]