BERNARDIN DE SAINT PIERRE. Jacques-Henri. La Chaumière indienne. Paris, France. Les Cinquante. 1934. 1 large volume in-8 paperback, printed cover on fiber paper, in publisher's slipcase and chemise. Edition illustrated with 40 original woodcuts by Jacques Boullaire in the text. Preceded by Bernardin de Saint-Pierre ou les complications de la Naïveté by Gabriel Brunet, illustrated with 12 woodcuts in text by Pierre Gandon. Edition of 50 copies on vieux Japon with a suite of all the woodcuts. As indicated at the end of the book: "The cover paper of this work is made of avoah fiber, handcrafted by the Madagascan tribe of Anteïmours, in Volupens (island of Madagascar)".

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