LAUTRÉAMONT (Isidore Ducasse, "Comte" de ). - Lot 285

LAUTRÉAMONT (Isidore Ducasse, "Comte" de ). Les Chants de Maldoror. Paris, H. Blanchetière, Éditeur-Relieur d'Art, 1927. 2 volumes in-4°, burgundy morocco, large tinted, silvered and mosaic decoration on leaf boards, linings and endpapers in wine-red moire, gilt edges on witnesses, covers preserved, slipcase with copper inlay on first boards (Creuzevault). A color frontispiece and 65 etchings by Frans De GEETERE. Issued in an edition of 145 copies, this one (no. XX), ONE OF 20 HEAD COPS ON IMPERIAL JAPON including THREE SIGNED ORIGINAL AQUARELLES (those on pp. 71 of vol. I, 92 of vol. II & one not used for illustration), TWO SIGNED ORIGINAL CROQUISTS (those on pp. 7 & 27 of vol. I), A FIRST ADDITIONAL SET OF ILLUSTRATIONS with remarks, A SET OF SIX COLOR EAUX-FORTES, an additional proof of the color frontispiece and TWO COPPER COVERS (those on pp. 7 & 27 of vol. I). Spines slightly sunned; the justified color proof is missing.