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SAINT-JOHN PERSE, Alexis Leger, dit (1887-1975)

Lot 153
21.03.2024 13:00UTC +01:00
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Lot 153 | SAINT-JOHN PERSE, Alexis Leger, dit (1887-1975)
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€ 1 000 – 1 500
SAINT-JOHN PERSE, Alexis Leger, dit (1887-1975)
Pluies. Buenos Aires : Éditions des Lettres françaises, 1944. – Vents. Paris : NRF, 1946. – Amers. Paris : NRF, 1957.
Importante réunion de trois ouvrages de Saint John Perse en édition originale, tous reliés par Pierre-Lucien Martin.

- Pluies. Grand in-4 (346 x 253 mm). Tirage à 392 exemplaires, celui-ci l'un des 60 exemplaires d'essai sur papier "chandelle", ici non numéroté.
Reliure datée 1955 : box marron en encadrement, plats de chagrin havane à long grain disposé en diagonale, premier plat portant le nom de l'auteur et le titre en grandes lettres mosaïquées du même chagrin disposé dans le sens contraire, petite pastille mosaïquée au centre du second plat, dos lisse orné de même, doublure et gardes de daim gris clair, tranches dorées sur témoins, couverture et dos, chemise et étui.
Expositions : Pierre-Lucien Martin (Paris, Artisan du livre, 1978, n° 24 ; étiquette) et Pierre-Lucien Martin (Bruxelles, Bibliotheca Wittockiana, 1987, n° 76)
Provenance : Pierre-Lucien Martin (ex-libris ; vente en 1987, n° 164).

- Vents. Grand in-4 (320 x 242 mm). Tirage à 2.375 exemplaires, celui-ci l'un des 15 de tête sur Chine, ici un des 5 hors-commerce (n° B). (Restauration à 2 feuillets.)
Reliure datée 1969 : box noir, premier plat entièrement orné d'une grande composition mosaïquée avec le titre Vents répété quatre fois en lettres ondulantes de box blanc, sur fond de filets ondés à l'oeser blanc, composition répétée en miroir au second plat, dos lisse avec le nom de l'auteur mosaïqué de box blanc, doublure et gardes de daim gris clair, tranches dorées sur témoins, couverture et dos, chemise et étui.
Provenance : Delmas (ex-libris ; vente I en 1985, n° 236).

- Amers. Première édition complète. Grand in-8 (258 x 188 mm). Tirage à 690 exemplaires, celui-ci l'un des 105 sur vélin pur fil Lafuma-Navarre (n° 124).
Reliure datée 1956 : demi-maroquin bleu nuit à très petits coins rectangulaires, plats ornés d'une composition géométrique de papier laqué blanc, bleu ciel et bleu, et de papier mat bleu nuit, dos lisse, doublure de papier laqué blanc, tête dorée, couverture et dos, chemise à dos de rhodoïd et étui.
Provenance : Jean Davray (ex-libris in fine).

Important reunion of 3 works by Saint John Perse, all in first edition and bound by Pierre Lucien Martin.
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