LACRETELLE, Jacques de. La Mort d'Hippolyte. Avec un portrait en lithographie par Marie Laurencin, Paris: la nouvelle Revue Française, 1923, 8°, one of 25 copies on japon impérial and with a separate proof copy of the frontispiece signed by Laurencin, PRESENTATION COPY, half title inscribed by the author to Jean Gondrexon, with 3-page note from the author concerning his story loosely inserted, original printed wrappers. With the proof lithograph, signed by both author and artist, and dedicated to Jean Gondrexon, 280 x 235mm., framed and glazed. (2)

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LACRETELLE, Jacques de. La Mort d'Hippolyte. Avec un portrait en lithographie par Marie Laurencin, Paris: la nouvelle Revue Française, 1923, 8°, one of 25 copies on japon impérial and with a separate proof copy of the frontispiece signed by Laurencin, PRESENTATION COPY, half title inscribed by the author to Jean Gondrexon, with 3-page note from the author concerning his story loosely inserted, original printed wrappers. With the proof lithograph, signed by both author and artist, and dedicated to Jean Gondrexon, 280 x 235mm., framed and glazed. (2)

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In addition to being a presentation copy from the author, this copy contains a loosely inserted 3-page note by Lacretelle of over 60 lines, in which he explains the genesis of his story ("Ce petit ouvrage est celui que j'ai conçu le plus vite et remanié le plus souvent"). He enlarges upon his reasons for producing this new version, particularly so as to achieve a greater psycholigcal realism through the addition of concrete detail, and also considers the evolution of his own theory of the novel. Whereas he previously took the view that the life of a main character can never be fully revealed, and is at heart unknowable, his attitude is now more open ("je répugnais à m'en servir -- Je pense aujourd'hui plus largement -- sans quoi le roman tomberait dans le monotonie et dans l'artificiel").