Edition of 250 copies on Rives vellum, illustrated with color woodcuts and lettering by Robert BLANCHET (1921-2009), as well as a portrait of the author and 20 original color lithographs by André MARCHAND (1907-1997). It bears the author's signature at the justification and this autograph signed letter opposite:. This copy has been additionally bound for Gadhile by Jean Duval, and includes an original signed portrait of Saint-John Perse by André Marchand, dated 1961