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L'Apocalypse (treizième cahier de 'habitude de la poésie' chez G. L. M.)

Hugnet, Georges

Paris. G[uy]. L[évis]. M[ano]. 1937
Scarce reprint on pink paper of Georges Hugnet's text L'Apocalypse with a presentation.

Hugnet's text was originally published to accompany a suite of etchings of the same name by Stanley William Hayter issued by Editions Jeanne Bucher in 1932; this copy with a presentation from Hugnet in red ink on upper wrapper: 'pour ma petite / Jeanette / de tout coeur / GEORGES / 1937'.
[8 unnumbered leaves including the wrappers]. 16mo. (140 x 95 mm). Printed text recto and verso throughout. Stapled as issued in original publisher's pink printed wrappers with titles in black to front cover and publisher's credit to rear.
#33074

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