ID 991194
Lot 205 | VALÉRY, Paul (1871-1945).
Estimate value
€ 400 – 500
Mon Faust (ébauches). Paris : Gallimard, 1945.
L’un des 100 exemplaires mis dans le commerce de cette édition originale posthume, dans une remarquable reliure mosaïquée de Colette et Jean-Paul Miguet. Mon Faust est composé de deux pièces inachevées « Lust, ou la demoiselle de cristal » et « Le solitaire ou les malédictions d’univers », publiées à titre posthume.
Le présent exemplaire est revêtu d’une remarquable reliure allusive de Colette et Jean-Paul Miguet, qui évoque les portes de l’enfer, franchies par le personnage éponyme.
Karaïskakis-Chapon, n°335 A.
In-4 (280 x 220 mm). Tirage limité à 120 exemplaires, tous sur mûrier d’Annam, celui-ci l’un des 100 mis dans le commerce, n°88. Texte imprimé d’un poème de Valéry contrecollé sur un feuillet blanc en début de volume. Reliure de Colette et Jean-Paul Miguet, datée 1981 : box bordeaux, plats recouverts d’une composition géométrique mosaïquée de bandes en box rouge, orange et noir, doublures de daim rouge, gardes de daim bordeaux, dos lisse, couvertures et dos conservés, chemise et étui en imitation de bois rose.
Provenance : ex-libris armorié de Jeanne et Robert Percheron.
A very attractive copy of these posthumously published plays by Valéry, in a remarkable inlaid binding by Colette and Jean-Paul Miguet.
Artist: | Paul Valery (1871 - 1945) |
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Place of origin: | France |
Auction house category: | Books |
Artist: | Paul Valery (1871 - 1945) |
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Place of origin: | France |
Auction house category: | Books |
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