VILLON - VALERY (Paul). Les Bucoliques de... - Lot 873 - Les ventes Damien Voglaire SRL

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VILLON - VALERY (Paul). Les Bucoliques de... - Lot 873 - Les ventes Damien Voglaire SRL
VILLON - VALERY (Paul). Les Bucoliques de Virgile. Original lithographs in colors by Jacques Villon. P., Scripta et Picta, 1953, in-folio, full white, blue and black box, smooth spine titled in long, doubled counterfolds in full blue box, clay box endpapers, cover and spine cons. blue half-box folder with small flaps and smooth spine titled in black, bordered and dotted case (pale traces of white wax on the black of the binding, slight discharge of the lithographs as often) (binding signed by Jo Delahaut). First edition illustrated with 43 original lithographs in colors. Limited edition of 269 copies + some nominative copies reserved for the main contributors. "Les Bucoliques de Virgile" was written by Paul Valéry during the years 1942-1944 for Scripta et Picta. The illustrations were drawn on stone in colors by Jacques Villon who engraved with his own hand each color on a different stone and whose printing was executed by Célestin on the presses of Mourlot Frères. Beautiful copy in a charming binding by Jo Delahaut.
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