Alfred de MUSSET - May den ENGELSEN]. Gamiani... - Lot 391 - Marie-Saint Germain

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Alfred de MUSSET - May den ENGELSEN]. Gamiani... - Lot 391 - Marie-Saint Germain
Alfred de MUSSET - May den ENGELSEN]. Gamiani ou deux nuits d'excès, illustrated with twelve etchings by a woman. Brussels, at the [sic] expense of an amateur, 1928. In-4 of 88 pages, half red morocco, smooth spine, gilt head, natural edges, cover and spine kept (modern binding). Illustrated with 12 etchings by May den Engelsen. Limited edition of 150 copies. One of 25 copies on China paper. The engraving was certainly done on board the barge La Marie-Jeanne, with the complicity of the artist's companion, Frans de Geetere (1895-1968). If some biographical elements of Frans are easily accessible, the dates of birth and death of May remain unknown. The typographical impression comes from the presses of Gaston Coquette, a printer on rue de la Glacière who was still working for Jean-Jacques Pauvert in the fifties. Pia 574, Perceau 16-39, Dutel 1641, not in the Enfer de la BnF.
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