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LALOY, Louis (1874-1944). Le Livre de la Fumée. With a Preface by Claude Farrère. Paris: Dorbon-Ainé, n.d. [1913].
Small 4to. Numerous woodcut vignettes throughout by Dalny. Original color pictorial wrappers, uncut.
FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, number 186 of 100 copies (numbered 121 to 220); folding cloth chemise and slipcase. WITH AN ADDITIONAL SUITE OF THE ILLUSTRATIONS ON CHINE, loose in a printed wrapper portfolio (some wear to spine) as issued. Considered the premiere philosophical treatise on the virtues of opium smoking. A Horowitz high spot.