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From newsletter 18:
14. GUÉRIN, Maurice de Le Centaure - La Bacchante. Préface de Charles Maurras. Illustrations de Adolphe Giraldon. Paris, Plon Nourrit & Cie., 1925. Richly gilt dark green full morocco, with subtle inlays of slightly darker green. Original wrappers and backstrip bound in. With slipcase. Double flyleaves, the first pair in silk with am ornament in triple gilt borders, the second in gold and green cloudy paper. Top gilt. Illustrations cut in wood by Rita Dreyfus after designs by Adolphe Giraldon. Printed in 331 numbered copies. Slipcase a bit worn, spine just a touch discolored.
€ 750
* A breathtaking book: the most
important prose poems of De Guérin (1810-1839), one of 30 copies on
Imperial Japanese paper with a double suite of all elements of the illustrations
and vignettes on Japanese paper and on Chine (India paper). The
text has been typeset in the Giraldon of Deberny-Peignot, a type
designed by Adolphe Giraldon in 1900. Majestic deluxe binding, signed 'Flammarion'.
From newsletter 9:
18. MAURRAS, Charles Poètes. Paris, Le Divan, 1923. Les Quatorze No. 3. Original wrappers. 112 p. Of an edition of 1000 numbered copies, this is one of 100 Roman numbered on Japanese paper. First edition. Top of spine a bit worn, a bit darkened, otherwise a very good copy.
€ 25
* About Verlaine, Mallarmé, Valéry, Moréas, but also about some modern poets, such as Cocteau.