Geneva. Mermod. 1961. Ed. 140/4200. Softcover with paper jacket. Book Condition: Near Fine, minor shelf wear. Jacket Condition: Near Fine, minor shelf wear and discoloration. 140pp. (ill. in b/w).

This volume is something both artist book and lyric, comprising of excerpts from Colette's writing and drawings by Barye, Seurat, Bonnard, Picasso & Auberjonois. The writer's love for animals and nature structures this discursive "paradise of the earth," moving from the artists' renderings of creatures from snakes to wild cats in ekphrastic chapters. 

Text in French.