The complete set of 25 facsimilies of drawings, on perfumed China paper, with poems by Georges Hugnet and his pink and white lace paper cover with a chromo-litho collage of a rosebud, bound (as issued), additionally bound in an elaborate and colorful hand-tooled leather cover, paper and leather guard and matching slipcase by bookbinder Paul Bonet, stamp-signed and dated 1952.

1939

5 1/2 x 4 x 5/8 in. (14 x 10.2 x 1.6 cm)

Signed 'á auteur Georges Hugnet' in pencil on the justification page, also dedicated 'à Paul Bonet, le palais des livres, amicalement, Georges Hugnet, avril 1941' on the title page and a full page of related text in pencil by the author (one of a few copies for the author, there were also 10 on scented azure paper with an original drawing, 20 on scented China and 200 on Rives), published by Editions Jeanne Bucher, Paris.