[ENRICHED & UNJUSTIFIED OUT OF ORDER] Pierre LOUŸS - Marcel - Lot 267

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[ENRICHED & UNJUSTIFIED OUT OF ORDER] Pierre LOUŸS - Marcel - Lot 267
[ENRICHED & UNJUSTIFIED OUT OF ORDER] Pierre LOUŸS - Marcel VERTÈS. Pybrac, illustrated with thirty drypoints by an unknown artist. Paris, at the expense of an amateur, 1928. 3 volumes in-4 of 79 pages, 98 and 76 leaves. The volume containing the text is bound in full tan chagrin with a smooth spine, a long title page and a cold gilt fillet at the bottom (Creuzevault). The other two volumes are bound in the same style, half tan chagrin, smooth spine, long title, gilt fillet on the spine and cold gilt fillet on the bottom and along the spine. The copper is placed in the inside cover of volume 3, the suites in volume 2. The first two volumes are collected in a slipcase. Illustrated with 31 original engravings including 11 hors-texte by Marcel Vertès for one of the first obscene publications of Pierre Louÿs. Edition at 30 copies. The justification indicates : "30 copies of this book have been printed : 1 unique copy on Japon nacré with thirty original sketches, one suite in color, two suites in black and one proof of the five refused plates ; 29 copies on large paper of Hollande Van Gelder with one original watercolor, four original sketches, one suite in color, two suites in black and one proof of the five refused plates. Copy n°12 (Volume 1 Text). This copy is composed differently either : Volume 1, Text: The preserved cover, 5 original drawings in ink, 1 drawing on blue paper with colored stump, the text, the engravings in-text and out-text. - Volume 2, Suites : the 31 plates in 3 states (1 in color and 2 in black) and a proof of the 5 refused plates. - Volume 3, Suites 2: 1 copper, 1 watercolor, 5 original drawings in ink, 2 suites in black, 1 suite colored by hand, 1 proof of the 5 refused plates, 1 refused drawing in ink and watercolor and 1 refused drawing in ink. Dutel specifies: "It is decorated with 11 original engravings hors-texte including a title and 20 engravings in the text by Marcel Vertès who was also the editor of this work. It is one of the most beautiful and rare bibliophilic productions of the artist. And especially the rarest... (Dutel 2279, not at the BnF's Inferno).
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