ERNST (Max) - CARROLL (Lewis). The Hunting of the Snark. [Paris]: Éditions Premières, “L'Âge d'or” collection of contemporary texts, [1950]. — In-16, 167 x 127: frontispiece, 69 pp., (1 f.), 1 plate, illustrated cover. Paperback. First edition of Henri Parisot’s translation, illustrated with 8 compositions by Max ERNST, reproduced in full-page black and white. Printed in an edition of 775 copies plus a few non-commercial copies. This copy is one of the first 25 printed on Marais Crèvecœur paper (no. 9), the only ones featuring two original etchings by Max Ernst, numbered and signed by the artist: the first, in color, serves as the frontispiece; the second, uninked and captioned “Map of the Ocean,” is placed between pages 12 and 13. This second engraving does not appear in the colophon. A perfectly preserved copy.