First edition of the preface to Paul Valéry, a 1000 numbered copies on Rives vellum, one draw after 30 Japan. Illustrated book, frontispiece, a sepia reproduction of the painting The Death of Adonis by Nicolas Poussin. Our copy is enriched with a postcard from Paulhan on which he added a few words with this copy of Adonis to a friend. Shaded guards, a shadow left by the postcard on a subsequent custody.