Comtesse Anne de NOAILLES Les innocentes ou la sagesse des femmes. Paris, Les Arts et le Livre, 1926, In-4 paperback. Etching by Chas Laborde. Numbered 462 /1045. Book enriched with a manuscript by the author in black ink signed on three pages "Respect is certainly the spontaneous and secret testimony of excitement and gratitude ... " with erasures, bound before the title page. Bound in half orange morocco, four-ribbed spine and gilt iron. (wear and tear to the binding). Case. Attached: Count of LACEPEDE Works including the Natural History of oviparous quadrupeds, snakes, fishes and cetaceans. P., Adm. de Libraires 1847. 3 vol. in-8, 1/2 red bas. Work comprising 164 engravings on steel representing at least 600 animals. Wormholes, wear, stains, freckles.