Eventail
Paris: Éditions de la Nouvelle Revue Française, 1922. First edition. 61, [13] pp. Contemporary quarter smooth calf over black cloth boards, spine lettered in black, bound by G. Schroeder. Boards and spine a little rubbed, some discoloration to rear cover. Some foxing to preliminaries.
One of 300 copies on Hollande, of a total edition of 335 copies. Ten engravings by Laurencin, accompanying poems by Roger Allard, André Breton, Francis Carco, Maurice Chevrier, Max Jacob, Valery Larbaud, André Salmon, and others. Strachan notes, “In 1922 the N.R.F…. issued Eventail, poems from various hands, illustrated with ten etchings of characteristic charm by Marie Laurencin.” Attractively printed, with a color title-page.
Reference: W.J. Strachan, The Artist and the Book in France, p. 52. Item #2441
Price: $1,250.00