L'entrepreneur d'illuminations

First edition, one of 940 numbered copies on pur fil, the only deluxe copies after the 120 reissued.
Spine sunned with a small tear at foot.
Dated autograph inscription signed by André Salmon to Robert de Wotrenge: "Peinture d'un monde à la veille d'une guerre faite au lendemain de cette guerre signée pour mon cher Robert de Wotrenge au long - si long - d'une autre guerre. Ah ! la belle époque ! Mais la poésie n'a pas d'âge. A vous, de toute mon amitié. André Salmon Paris / II / 1949" ("Painting of a world on the eve of a war made in the aftermath of this war signed for my dear Robert de Wotrenge during the long - so long - course of another war. Ah! the beautiful era! But poetry has no age. To you, with all my friendship. André Salmon Paris / II / 1949").