KESSEL (Joseph). LE LION. Paris, Robert Léger, 1972. Large folio in leaves, in slipcase. Imposing publication decorated with 19 magnificent double or full-page in-text pastels by Pierre Letellier. Limited edition of 295 copies, all signed by the author and the artist, this one of 160 numbered on Arches, enriched with a handwritten letter signed by the author. A fine copy in a fawn suede slipcase produced by Jean Duval, bookbinder in Paris.