SÉVIGNÉ (Madame de). Lettres. Paris, L'Édition Française Illustrée, 1953. 2 volumes in-8, leaves, filled cover, cardboard folder and case imitating a pale blue moiré fabric. Illustrated with numerous woodcuts in colour by Henry Lemarié. One of the 10 first copies on japon impérial, containing two ornate letters, two watercolours by the artist, two sets of stencils used to colour two of the drawings in the work, and a colour suite on Rives vellum watermarked with the arms of Madame de Sévigné.