George-Daniel de Monfreid (1856-1929) L'Ignorant (Pl. for V. Segalen, Les Immémoriaux, ed. by G. Crès, 1921). Wood engraving after Gauguin. 96 x 70. Very fine proof on japon pelure, annotated in pencil lower right: "L'Ignorant p. 173". Tiny reddish stain at left edge. Full margins. This subject was used to illustrate the chapter heading, p. 173, of Georges Crès's illustrated reprint of V. Segalen's work, originally published in 1907 by Mercure de France. The original matrix, an engraved woodblock, appears as no. 7 in the catalog of the P. Saunier bookshop. Saunier, Dans les feuilles de bibassier, spring 2022.