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L'instant fatal / en six poèmes de Raymond Queneau ; et seize cuivres de Mario Prassinos.

Accession number
PML 141876
Creator
Queneau, Raymond, 1903-1976.
Published
[Paris] : Nourritures terrestres, 1946.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Frontispiece plate printed in color.
"Achevé d'imprimer sur les presses de Coulouma"--Colophon.
Ed. of 230 copies numbered 1 to 230, 10 copies numbered A to J and ten copies hors commerce numbered I to X.
Library has copy no. I of X issued out of commerce, printed on papier Lana, with two additional suites of the engravings bound in at end, including a set of 1st state impressions, with 3 proofs of combined color printings for the frontipiece, and a set printed in white ink on black paper; with an original drawing by Mario Prassinos, executed in black ink and ink wash, bound in at front.
Description
[22] p., [16] leaves of plates : ill. (1 col.) ; 34 x 27 cm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Binding
Full black morocco with white onlays by Thérèse Moncey, in chemise and slipcase, with original illustrated wrappers bound in.
Classification
Department