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L'Homme du commun ou Jean Dubuffet par Pierre Seghers

Dubuffet, Jean

Paris. Editions Poésie 44. 1944
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Edition of 161 copies including 10 on Japon, 11 'tirés à part' also on Japon and 140 on papier d'Arches; copy on Arches stamp numbered '13' on the justification.

[Webel 48 - 49; see pg. 32].
[16 leaves; pp. 30, (iii)]. 4to. (272 x 196 mm). Half-title with justification verso, colour lithograph frontispiece ('Départ à cheval') in five colours with printed dedication ('A Jean Paulhan') verso, printed title in red and black (title and frontispiece each with guard-leaf) and Segher's text, final leaf with 'achevé d'imprimer' recto. Stitched as issued in original printed Arches wrappers with monochrome lithograph ('Cyclotourisme') and title in red to front cover, titles in black to spine.
#43545

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