Rêve d'une Petite Fille Qui Voulut Entrer au Carmel
Ernst, Max
Paris. Editions du Carrefour. 1930
Max Ernst's second collage novel Rêve d'une Petite Fille Qui Voulut Entrer au Carmel.
From the edition limited to 1,063 copies, with this one of 1,000 copies on 'vélin teinté'.
Rêve d'une Fille Qui Voulut Entrer au Carmel is the second of Max Ernst's trilogy of Surrealist books with illustrations after his collages, the first was La Femme 100 Têtes (1929) and the third, Une Semaine de Bonté (1934).
From the edition limited to 1,063 copies, with this one of 1,000 copies on 'vélin teinté'.
Rêve d'une Fille Qui Voulut Entrer au Carmel is the second of Max Ernst's trilogy of Surrealist books with illustrations after his collages, the first was La Femme 100 Têtes (1929) and the third, Une Semaine de Bonté (1934).
[88 unnumbered leaves]. 4to. (237 x 187 mm). Half-title with justification verso, printed title, 2 leaves with illustration ('L'Académie des Sciences') and introductory text, section titles for each part and illustrated with seventy-eight monochrome plates printed recto only by Ernst, each with printed caption, ('I - La Ténébreuse' with 22 plates, 'II - La Chevelure' with 25 plates, 'III - Le Couteau' with 21 plates, 'IV - Le Céleste Fiancé' with 10 plates), final leaf with achevé d'imprimer recto. Original blue printed wrappers with a design by Ernst.
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