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VOILIER (Jean)
Paris. - Émile-Paul Frères - 1942
- Bookbinder : P.-L. MARTIN
- Format : In-4.
- Number of volumes : 1 volume.
- Binding : Bound.
- Collation : 131 pp.
In a lined slipcase. Bound in full garnet morocco. Spine with gilt filets and date on the tail. Double gilt fillet on the sides. All edges gilt. Cover and spine preserved. Binding signed P.-L. MARTIN. Lithographs by Paul VALÉRY.
LIMITED EDITION to 430 numbered copies. One of the 30 first copies on Vidalon paper, enriched with a suite on Chine of the lithographs by Paul VALÉRY.
Copy enriched with 5 ORIGINAL DRAWINGS by Paul VALÉRY, prefiguring his research for the illustration of the book.
Jean VOILIER, whose real name was Jeanne LOVITON, was Paul VALÉRY's great love. With this sparkling woman, he experienced a renewal of youth. Thanks to Jeanne, he rediscovered the taste for poetry.
Very good condition.
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