MICHEL Louise. Contes et Légendes par L. M., institutrice. Paris, Kéva & Cie, 1884; large in-8, 66-[1] pp, 2 illustrations hors-texte, contemporary binding, brown half-chagrin with corners, spine ribbed and decorated with gilt fleurons, first cover illustrated in colour. First edition with a preface by Henri Rochefort. Book of captions intended for children, illustrated with 2 hors-texte drawings by Firmin Bouisset after Louise Michel and a frontispiece portrait. On the two flyleaves Louise Michel has written in her own hand and signed the full text of the "Black International", four years before it was first printed in the Almanach du Père Peinard in 1897, under the title Chant International par Louise Michel : Debout les damnés de la Terre / Les despotes épouvantés / Sensant sous leur pas un cratère / Au passé se sont acculés (...) An autograph letter follows: My dear Richard, Among your memories, keep this of one of the days when, while feeling more than ever the greatness of the cause we are defending, I also feel all the more the good friendships and memories of twenty years. L. Michel. London 6 November 93. A precious document.