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GIDE (André)

Estimate2 000 - 2 500
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JACQUEMIN André (1904-1992) - GIDE André (1869-1951)
Paludes
Paris, Le Livre Contemporain, 1954. In-4 (280 x 235 mm), [163] pp.
(161 numbered), 31 off-text plates. Green morocco entirely covered with gilt fillets interspersed with a regular pattern of cold-stamped ears of wheat, smooth spine with the same title, gilt edges, green nubuck endpapers, cover and spine on laid paper preserved, hard black half-maroquin folder, spine titled, case of the same (Binding signed by George Cretté)
Unique edition limited to 130 numbered copies (this one n°55) on Rives pure ragpaper, printed for Edmond Masurel. Illustrated with drypoints by André Jacquemin, and 4 original pencil drawings signed at the beginning of the volume. Continued in the definitive state on Japon nacré of 30 hors-texte plates, at the end of the volume.
A VERY GOOD, MAGNIFICENTLY BINDED COPY.
PROVENANCE François Ragazzoni (ex-libris pasted on the back cover).
(Back cover rubbed).