First edition of the French translation established by Odette and Guy Lavaud, one of 729 numbered copies on Hollande paper, the only issue with 1 Arches and 9 Chine and 27 papier bis. Work illustrated with drawings by André Lhote and presented in flexible decorated paper boards with threads woven in the manner of marine cordage. Endpapers slightly and marginally shaded, otherwise a rare and handsome copy.