Poèmes en Prose
précédes d'une Petite Lettre sur les Mythes par Paul Valéry.
Paris, A. Blaizot, 1928
The charming presentation inscription reads: 'À Mademoiselle Violette Gath / ces petites divinités d'autrefois, déjà touchées par la mélancolie d'aujourd'hui / avec les respectueux compliments de l'artiste / George Barbier / juin 1928.' [To Miss Violette Garth / These small deities of days past, already touched by the melancholy of today / With respectful compliments of the artist George Barbier / June 1928].
First edition, number 101 of 150 copies; 4to (26 x 21 cm); 27 text illustrations wood-engraved by Pierre Bouchet and printed in colour after designs by Barbier; presentation copy, signed by Barbier on front blank; loose as issued in original pictorial wrappers after Barbier, publisher's burgundy cloth chemise and slipcase.
Carteret IV, 195; Méhé, II, 309-310; Ritchie 25.
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