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Copyright © 1968 by Lesley Blanch

Introduction copyright © 2018 by Georgia de Chamberet

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Cover image: Félix Vallotton, Reclining Nude on Red Carpet, 1909; Musée du Petit Palais, Geneva; photograph: akg-images

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ISBN 978-1-68137-194-8

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