Le Chemin des Devins suivi de Ménerbes
Chillida, Eduardo. Frénaud, André
Paris. Maeght Éditeur. 1966
Chillida's collaboration with Frénaud in a binding by Devauchelle.
From the edition limited to 175 numbered copies signed by the author and artist, with this one of 125 on vélin d'Arches; 20 hors commerce copies'réservés aux collaborateurs' were also issued.
This is the first edition of Frénaud's poem 'Le Chemin des Devins' dedicated to Georges Borgeaud; 'Ménerbes' had appeared previouly in the 1962 collection 'Il n'y a pas de paradis' published by Gallimard. Chillida's etchings were printed by Maeght Editeur and the typography for the book was by Fequet et Baudier.
From the edition limited to 175 numbered copies signed by the author and artist, with this one of 125 on vélin d'Arches; 20 hors commerce copies'réservés aux collaborateurs' were also issued.
This is the first edition of Frénaud's poem 'Le Chemin des Devins' dedicated to Georges Borgeaud; 'Ménerbes' had appeared previouly in the 1962 collection 'Il n'y a pas de paradis' published by Gallimard. Chillida's etchings were printed by Maeght Editeur and the typography for the book was by Fequet et Baudier.
[32 leaves; pp. 47. Square folio. (354 x 324 mm). Half-title with copyright verso, leaf with original etching by Chillida verso as frontispiece, printed title and Frénaud's verse in two sections ('Le Chemin des Devins' and 'Ménerbes' illustrated with 8 further original etchings by Chillida, two double-page, leaf with justification and final leaf with colophon and achevé d'imprimer; text and plates mounted on tabs throughout. Also with an uninked etching as issued to the front wrapper. Sheet size: 346 x 295 mm. Full black straight-grained crushed morocco by Devauchelle with his signature gilt, boards with rectangular gilt tooling and gilt outlined matching café crème crushed morocco-surrounded panels with elaborate abstract décor after Chillida, smooth spine with argent pointilles and titles gilt, marbled paper doublures and endpapers, original publisher's cream paper wrappers with uninked relief engraving to front cover and original backstrip preserved, a.e.g., velvet-lined black straight-grained morocco-edged handmade paper board chemise.
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