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Manohara by Jacques MERY (1896-1968), illustration...

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Manohara by Jacques MERY (1896-1968), illustration by Alix AYMÉ, 1933An Asian tale illustrated with vignettes by Alix Aymé, 1 volume in-4 paperback, the booklet bound with a string that joins the leaves around a hardcover and illustrated, 56 pages. Work pulled to 100 numbered copies. This one is numbered 45. 32,5 x 24 cmJacques Mery would be the pseudonym of Bernard Bourotte, friend of André Malraux, who was a history teacher at the Descartes high school in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, in the 50s/60s .