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Saturday, 25 April 2026 at 10:00 am

Lot 421 Pierre Albert-Birot. La Lune ou le Livre des …

La Lune ou le Livre des poèmes. Mit handschriftlicher Widmung des Verfassers. Paris, Budry, 1924. 3 Bl., 229 (7) S. 8°. Halb-Maroquin mit goldgepr. zusätzl. datiertem RTit. und silberfarbenen Kopfsilberschnitt, im zugehörigen gefütterten Pp.-Schuber mit Ldr.-Einlass (Gelenke minimal berieben).

Moderne Literatur und Kunst – Eins von 25 mit Stempel nummerierten Exemplaren der Vorzugsausgabe auf China. - Nicht bei Monod. - Unser Exemplar mit ganzseitiger handschriftlicher und signierter Widmung des Verfassers an den belgischen Autor Jo Verbrugghen, verortet Paris und datiert 1966. - Textsammlung des französischen modernistischen Künstlers und Autors Pierre Albert-Birot (1876-1967) mit origineller typographischer Gestaltung, erschienen in insgesamt 326 Exemplaren. Albert-Birot gab zwischen 1916 uns 1919 gab die Zeitschrift "sic" heraus, zu der u.a. Apollinaire, Breton, Tzara, F. Picabia, Picasso und Matisse Beiträge lieferten. - Provenienz: Bibliothèque Jean E. Leclercq, mit dessen montierten Exlibris aus Maroquin mit goldgepr. und gerahmten Namenszug auf dem zweiten fliegenden Vorsatz recto. - 3 Bll. papierbedingt mit kl. Fehlstelle im weißen Rand. Insgesamt sehr gut erhaltenes, unikales Exemplar des bibliophilen Kleinods.

Modern Literature and Art – One of 25 machine numbered copies of the deluxe edition on China paper. - Not in Monod. - Our copy with a full-page handwritten and signed inscription by the author to the Belgian author Jo Verbrugghen, dated 1966. - A collection of texts by the French modernist artist and author Pierre Albert-Birot (1876-1967) with partly experimental typographic design, published in a total of 326 copies. Between 1916 and 1919 Albert-Birot had published the journal "Sic", to which Apollinaire, Breton, Tzara, Picabia, Picasso, and Matisse, among others, contributed. - Provenance: Bibliothèque Jean E. Leclercq, with a mounted morocco book-plate with gilt-stamped and framed owner's name on the second fly-leaf recto. - A few leaves with minor paper imperfections in the margins, otherwise a very well-preserved copy of this bibliophilic treasure, due to the inscription it bears a unique item.

Startprice: 2200 €
Estimate: 2800 €

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