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45 - BRETON (André) and Paul ÉLUARD.
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Estimate €4,000 - €5,000
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BRETON (André) and Paul ÉLUARD. *L'Immaculée Conception*. Paris, Éditions Surréalistes, 1930. In-4, paperback, untrimmed with wide margins. First edition illustrated with an original etching by Salvador Dalí, printed as a separate plate. One of 100 copies printed on Holland van Gelder paper, the only ones – along with the 16 first-edition copies – to be signed by both authors on the colophon and to contain Salvador Dalí’s original engraving as a frontispiece. Autograph dedication by Paul Éluard in blue ink on the half-title page: Copy for Michel Fardoulis-Lagrange. “Think of me as I speak to you; put yourself in my place to reply.” With my admiration and friendship, Paul Éluard. Michel Fardoulis-Lagrange (1910–1994) was one of the most enigmatic French poets of the 20th century. Praised by Antonin Artaud, Georges Bataille, Paul Éluard and Michel Leiris, he was a sort of ‘cursed’ figure whose work is still waiting to be truly discovered. Traces of engraving, cover slightly scuffed. Dali and Books, p. 88.
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About the sale Eros & Thanatos – Selected extracts from the L-D S library
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Auction time 10/07/2026 at 2:00 PM
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