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DUHAMEL - JOURNOD Fables de mon jardin Tartas. In-folio in slipcase, 1/50 copies on Japon nacré. Beautiful illustration of texts by Georges Duhamel by animal and landscape painter Monique Journod.

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DUHAMEL - JOURNOD Fables de mon jardin Tartas. In-folio in slipcase, 1/50 copies on Japon nacré. Beautiful illustration of texts by Georges Duhamel by animal and landscape painter Monique Journod.

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