[ALEXIS LEGER] [Henri Hoppenot]. "Relation respectueuse adressée par le secrétaire Lei Hi-Ngai [Alexis Léger] à son excellence le ministre Kang Te [Alexandre Conti ministre de France à Pékin] au sujet de sa mission auprès de la famille du Président Li et les circonstances qui accompagnèrent l'exode de cette dernière vers un lieu de refuge". Compte rendu de mission au Ministre de France à Pékin. "Exhumed twenty years later from the archives of the Legation, it was by the care of one of M. Léger's successors in Peking, M. Henri Hoppenot, embassy secretary" printed on the presses of the Lazaristes in Peking, edition of ten copies, 1937". Note by Saint-John Perse in his Œuvres complètes, Bibliothèque la Pléiade, NRF, 1972. Confidential edition of 10 copies on Korean paper. In-4 oblong bound in Chinese style. Very rare first edition. 3 copies.

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