CHIMOT (Édouard) & MONTHERLANT (Henry de). Love story of the Rose de Sable. Paris, Deux-Rives, 1951. Small in-4 in ff., printed cover filled in folder and case. Compositions in colors hors-texte by E. Chimot. Edition at 1019 copies (+ 41 hc); n°XXI of 25 on Hollande van Gelder containing each one a copy of the special drypoint, the finished compositions in colors and a suite in black of the illustrations. Case broken otherwise a good copy on large paper with full margins.

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