First edition, one of 1000 numbered copies on Arches paper, the only edition after 10 copies on Japan paper. Work illustrated with 10 wood engravings by Pierre-Eugène Vibert after drawings by Rouveyre which were subsequently destroyed by Rouveyre and whose text engraved on wood by Vibert was entirely burned. Some foxing on the covers, a tiny hole in the lower right corner of the first cover, handsome interior condition. Autograph inscription dated and signed by André Rouveyre to Jules Romains.