RARE LIMITED EDITION of 267 COPIES. This is COPY No.85 (Deux Cents Exemplaires sur Vergé Ingres du Marais, numérotés 68 a 267). This edition of Denis Diderot`s satirical allegory "The White Bird: A Blue Story" is beautifully illustrated by an eminent French female painter and graphic artist Paulette Humbert (1904-1994), renowned for her outstanding illustrations of French literature and poetry, such as Chateaubriand`s "Rene", Alphonse de Lamartine`s "Raphaël", Théophile Gautier`s "Émaux et Camées", Roland Dorgelès`s "Le Réveil des morts", Fromentin`s "Dominique", Alphonse de Chateaubriant`s "La Briere", Poil de Carotte de Jules Renard, Dominique d`Eugène Fromentin, Pierre de Ronsard`s "Les Amours", Georges Duhamel`s "Vie et aventures de Salavin", and numerous others. Most illustrations are in color, few are b&w. 245x165mm. 164 pages (unbound as published). White embossed Softcover with board folder laid in plain board slipcase (slipcase size: 255x175mm). Slipcase yellowing and stained/age-stained. Slipcase wrinkled. Slipcase edges worn. Folder and folder spine yellowing and dirty/slightly stained. Page 15/16 bottom edge slightly torn (15mm) - NO damage to text. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare and splendidly illustrated edition of satire by the great 18th-century French philosopher, art critic and writer, is overall in good condition.