Comtesse Anne de NOAILLES Lot n° 26

Innocent women or the wisdom of women. Paris, Les Arts et le Livre, 1926, In-4 paperback. Etching by Chas Laborde. Numbered 462 / 1045. Book enriched with a manuscript of the author in black ink signed on three pages: "Respect is certainly the spontaneous and secret testimony of anger and recognition ... " with erasures, bound before the title page. Bound in orange half-marocco, spine with four raised bands and gilt iron. (wear and tear in the binding). Case. Enclosed: Count of LACEPEDE Works including the Natural History of the oviparous quadrupeds, snakes, fish and cetaceans. P., Adm. de Libraires 1847. 3 vol. in-8, 1/2 red stockings, back with ornate nerves. Work comprising 164 grav. s/s representing at least 600 animals. Wormholes, wear, stains, freckles.