George-Daniel de Monfreid (1856-1929) Le Parler ancien (Pl. for V. Segalen, Les Immémoriaux, ed. by G. Crès, 1921). Wood engraving after Gauguin. 94 x 70. Very nice proof on japon pelure, annotated in pencil in the lower right corner : " Le Parler ancien p. 135 ". Small scattered light foxing. Tiny holes inherent to the texture of the paper. All margins. This subject was used to illustrate the head of the chapter, p. 135, of the reprint illustrated by Monfreid that Georges Crès made of V. Segalen's work, originally published in 1907 by Mercure de France. The original matrix, engraved wood block, appears under the n° 8 in the catalog of the bookshop P. Saunier, Dans les feuilles de bibassier, spring 2022.