By the end of 1938, Topolski had completed a remarkable collection of just over two hundred drawings of Paris and d'Ors wrote four dialogues of imaginary discussions between himself and the Artist to accompany them. Arrangements were made for the publication of what was originally entitled 'Paris Scenes and Secters- Recordead and Revealed by the pen of Eugenio d'Ors and by the pencil of Feliks Topolski's' by the Minerva Publishing Company whose driving force was Ignacy Lindenfeld, a Polish publisher who was working for Przeworski's Publishing House, a leading firm in pre-war Warsaw. The drawings, of which satisfactory proof pulls had been provided by the printers in Cracow, were to be reproduced in two-color offset. The text was translated from d'Ors' original French by John Marks. It was set by Lund Humphries, the printers of the whole of this edition of 96 drawings and progress was such that a prospectus was prepared by the proposed publishers, promoting the trade edition of the book to be sold at £1.10.od and a limited edition of twenty-five copies, signed by Senor d'Ors and Mr. Topolski, offered at five guineas. Publication in England was fixed for 15th September 1939, and further editions were planned for Paris and Warsaw.
None of the editions ever appeared, and the outbreak of war saw all the original drawings in Poland.
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