LA VARENDE (Jean de) - LÉZARDIÈRE (Aymar de) Les Côtes de Normandie Paris: Société des Amis des livres, 1954. - In-4, leaves, filled cover, publisher's folder and slipcase.105 copies of this fine edition on wove paper, illustrated with 77 original drypoints in the text by painter and engraver Aymar de LÉZARDIÈRE (1917-1995). One of 15 contributor's copies, specially printed for Pierre Jean Mathan, Pierre Bouchet's typographer, who printed the text. It is enriched with this double mailing: "to // Pierre Mathan, // in friendship // *LV* // 4 XI 54" and "to Pierre Mathan, "précieux collaborateur", // en toute amitié // Aymard de Lézadière." Copy also includes a drypoint dedicated by the artist to Pierre Jean Mathan, as well as the menu for the luncheon given on April 26, 1952 by the Société des Amis des livres, featuring a text by La Varende and a full-page illustration by Lézardière. Cover browned, but a very well preserved copy. Provenance: Pierre Jean Mathan Collection.