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Paulhan, Jean. Braque, Georges. Les paroles transparentes.

With four orig colour lithographs and 12 decorative vignettes in lithography by Georges Braque. 84, (4) pp. Folio. Loose quires as issued in orig. illus. wrappers, half vellum sleeve, and slipcase. – (Paris), Les Bibliophiles de l’Union Française, (1955).

Edition originale. „Exemplaire hors tirage“ on Japan paper, especially printed for Léon Léal, president of the „Bibliophiles de l’Union Française“. Signed on the limitation page by Georges Braque as well as in the impressum by Braque, Paulhan, and Léal. The work was published under direction of the association „Les Bibliophiles le l’Union Française“ in a total number of 132 copies, of which 5 were printed on Japan paper and numbered I to V. – Vallier 102; Monod 8909; Mourlot 40–44. – Slipcase with some wear, else a fine copy. – Best.-Nr. 18729