Although Dumesnil only knew Huysmans for the last two years of his life, this remains an important and useful study of the period during which En Route was written. In a review of the book at the time of its publication, the Bulletin of the Huysmans society described it as being a "clear, intelligent and conscientous work", based on trustworthy and verifiable documents.
This copy is one of 100 printed on velin pur fil.