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La Trappe d’Igny retraite de J.-K. Huysmans
René Dumesnil
Paris: Editions Albert Morancé
1922

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This sumptuously illustrated book, which recounts the period of Huysmans retreat to the monastery at Igny, was produced in an edition of 526 copies. The woodcuts are by P.-A Bouroux. This copy is one of 450 printed on Vélin Lafuma and includes a dedication from Dumesnil to Jacques Meurgey de Tupigny, the author of Le sentiment héraldique dans l’oeuvre de J-K. Huysmans.