FRIEDLANDER (Johnny) - SEGALEN Victor. Stèles. Marseille: Les Bibliophiles de Provence, 1968. -in-4 elongated, folded Chinese-style, in hardcover covered with vegetable fibers and stamped, parchment spine, slipcase. Edition illustrated with 7 full-page color aquatints by Johnny FRIEDLANDER (1912-1992), and seven large Chinese inscriptions drawn by painter Ling CHOU (1915-1970) and engraved by Robert Blanchet. One of 30 contributor's copies, this one numbered 13, specially printed for Ling Chou, "translator of Chinese epigraphs and designer of the seven large Chinese inscriptions" (note at the justification). A perfectly preserved copy, complete with reader's leaflet and booklet containing speeches by Annie Joly-Segalen, Etiemble and Bernard Gheerbrant, delivered on the occasion of the book's publication on December 6, 1968. A stain to the slipcase. Freckles on a few leaves.