Gallimard | Paris 1943 | 12 x 19 cm | bound in morocco with custom slipcase and chemise
First edition, one of 18 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the
tirage de tête (deluxe copy).
Jansenist red morocco, spine in six compartments, gilt date to foot of spine, pastedowns and endpapers in black morocco, covers and spine preserved, all edges gilt; half red morocco chemise, spine in six compartments, date in gilt at foot of spine, lined in black felt; slipcase edged in red morocco, lined in ochre felt, binding signed by Duhayon.
A superb copy handsomely bound in a triple binding by Duhayon.