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two books sitting next to each other on a white surfacean open book with a black and white title on itan open book with a drawing of trees on itan open book with a drawing of a man sitting in a chairdrawing of a group of people sitting on a floor in a rooma picture of a picture of a painting on the wallan old book with a drawing of a man holding a cane
BRISCADIEU BORDEAUX

187 - 2 original drawings by Jacques Thévenet GIDE (André) – [THÈV…
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Estimate €100 - €150
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2 original drawings by Jacques Thévenet GIDE (André) – [THÈVENET (Jacques)] L'immortaliste. Lithographs by Jacques THÈVENET. Paris, Les Cent Une, 1948. In-4, loose-leaf; black lithographs, both in-text and out-of-text. Limited edition of 145 copies, one of the 44 numbered in Roman numerals for contributors; signatures of the society’s president and vice-president on the numbering page. This copy includes, as loose inserts protected by mount paper and plastic, an original gouache depicting a view of Meknes (1947) and a dry pastel of a bustling street in Fez (1947). Cover bound in handmade paper, in the publisher’s hardback slipcase; minor damage to the corners of the slipcase. Included: CLÉMENT-JANIN (Noël): *Le Livre d’artiste*. Decorated with an original drypoint portrait of Benjamin Constant and twelve studies intended to illustrate *Adolphe* by Georges JEANNIT, wood-engraved in black and colour by Jules Germain. Quarto, loose sheets. Printed in a run of 115 numbered copies, one of the five on Japanese paper, containing three states of the drypoint on Japanese paper, a double proof plus a black proof of each colour woodcut (missing?), and a black suite of all the illustrations on Chinese paper. Pinholes. Paper cover, spine crease broken.
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Auction time 07/03/2026 at 10:00 AM
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