DECARIS (Albert) - SUARÈS (André). Paris. [Paris]: Creuzevault, 1950. - In-folio, 388 x 290: (4 ff. 2 first blanks), 106 pp. (5 ff. 2 last blanks), illustrated cover. Leaves, filled cover, publisher's folder and slipcase. First edition of this essay on Paris by André Suarès, completed on November 15, 1949, illustrated with 38 original burins by Albert DECARIS (1901-1988), including one on the cover, 17 full-page and 10 as chapter headings. Limited edition of 250 copies on vergé de Montval pur chanvre, this one unnumbered, specially printed for Colette Creuzevault. A precious copy enriched with the following items: - a suite of etchings on japon (very rare, unspecified edition), - a suite of engravings on Auvergne paper, - two original signed drawings by Decaris, depicting two book-size views of Paris. One is dedicated to Colette Creuzevault, - a signed autograph receipt, 2 signed autograph letters, one with an original drawing, and two signed letters, one with two autograph lines, from Albert Decaris. Four of these documents concern the work, the illustrated letter is about pants: "These pants are far too beautiful and I wouldn't dare wear them for engraving. I'm thinking of reserving them for the solemn sessions of the Institut." - a L.A.S. from Alice André Suarès (Alice Kampmann), the writer's second wife, - a letter signed by Kampmann, dated August 17, 1946, on the letterhead of "établissements Pigier", - menu for the luncheon given by the Franco-Swiss bibliophiles on March 1, 1952, decorated with an original burin signed by Decaris, depicting Don Quixote and Sancho Panza (some foxing), - a large original unsigned burin by Decaris, who depicted himself as a monkey standing at a gate in front of the Institut. The engraving is dated in the plate October 30, 1945 (pinholes at the top of the engraving). A very well preserved copy. Provenance: Colette Creuzevault.