Sixteen striking, uncoloured, plates of individual delicately drawn shells by Henri Mondor. One of 50 “H.C.” numbered copies on “velin a la forme des papeteries d’arches” numbered 6 to 55, this being number 52. 4to., a fine copy in original white printed wrappers, uncut, glacine paper wrapper. Paris, Gallimard, 1937.
Inscribed on the half-title: “A Marcelle ou Marcou,/ Ce don peu quelconque/ Ou manque ce tout:/ La femme et la conque - son ami, Paul Valery”.
