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BRAQUE, Georges. -- Marcel JOUHANDEAU. Descente aux Enfers. Paris: Nouveau Cercle du Livre, 1961.
Large 4° (315 x 250mm). 4 coloured lithographic plates by Georges Braque. EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED WITH AN ADDITIONAL SUITE OF PLATES ON Japon impérial SIGNED IN PENCIL BY BRAQUE. Red morocco, the upper cover with red calf inlay of an abstract design in a large onlaid panel of purplish-red reversed calf, the lower cover with an onlaid panel of the same colour, the flat spine with title, author and illustrator, doublures and liners of purplish-red reversed calf, original wrappers bound-in, t.e.g., half-morocco chemise, slip-case, by P.L. Martin, dated 1962.
FIRST EDITION, UNIQUE COPY WITH THE ADDITIONAL SUITE. The edition limited to 200 copies, this one of 30 copies numbered in Roman reserved for the author, artist and co-workers, signed by Braque and Jouhandeau on justification leaf. Vallier 171.
Large 4° (315 x 250mm). 4 coloured lithographic plates by Georges Braque. EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED WITH AN ADDITIONAL SUITE OF PLATES ON Japon impérial SIGNED IN PENCIL BY BRAQUE. Red morocco, the upper cover with red calf inlay of an abstract design in a large onlaid panel of purplish-red reversed calf, the lower cover with an onlaid panel of the same colour, the flat spine with title, author and illustrator, doublures and liners of purplish-red reversed calf, original wrappers bound-in, t.e.g., half-morocco chemise, slip-case, by P.L. Martin, dated 1962.
FIRST EDITION, UNIQUE COPY WITH THE ADDITIONAL SUITE. The edition limited to 200 copies, this one of 30 copies numbered in Roman reserved for the author, artist and co-workers, signed by Braque and Jouhandeau on justification leaf. Vallier 171.