A fine example of the complete portfolio of 13 etchings - five of which are signed. This is an incredibly fresh copy of Miro's impressive and large-scale work, preserved in the original illustrated wrappers and publisher's box. The frontispiece of Passage de l'Egyptienne is signed as well as the four plates of Minutes Conjointes.

André Pieyre de Mandiargues was a prominent French writer born in Paris in 1909. During the war he retreated to Monaco where in 1943 he published, Dans les annees sordides. He returned to Paris at the end of the war and in 1947 after meeting André Breton, he became involved in the activities of the Surrealists. As well as being a poet and novelist, Mandiargues has written plays, essays and art criticism. He won the Prix des Critiques in 1951 for Soleil des Loups and the Prix Goncourt in 1967 for La Marge.

Limited edition, one of 90 copies, from a total edition of 146, large folio (64 x 53 cm); complete set of 13 etchings with aquatint (12 in colours, five signed in pencil), in- and hors-texte, title, text in French and justification, on various papers, signed in pencil on the justification by the artist and poet, loose (as issued), original acetate-covered paper wrapper printed with the first etching, beige cloth-covered portfolio box with title in white to spine, the additional suite loose within paper wrappers, a fine copy.