Discours de réception de Henry de Montherlant à l'Académie Française et réponse de M. le Duc de Lévis Mirepoix

First edition, one of 41 numbered copies on Holland paper, deluxe issue.
The work is illustrated with a frontispiece reproduction of a painting attributed to Philippe de Champaigne depicting the Duke of Richelieu, founder of the Académie Française, on his deathbed, displayed in the Academy's meeting hall.
A handsome full-margined copy.