George-Daniel de Monfreid (1856-1929) The Ignorant (Pl. for V. Segalen, Les Immémoriaux, ed. by G. Crès, 1921). Wood engraving after Gauguin. 96 x 70. Very nice proof on japon pelure, annotated in pencil lower right : " L'Ignorant p. 173 ". Slight reddish stain on the left edge. All margins. This subject was used to illustrate the chapter heading, p. 173, of the reprint illustrated by Monfreid that Georges Crès made of V. Segalen's work, initially published in 1907 by Mercure de France. The original matrix, engraved wood block, appears under the n° 7 in the catalog of the bookshop P. Saunier, Dans les feuilles de bibassier, spring 2022.