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the cover of a green book with gold lettering on itan old black and white photo of a book with a handwritten titlean old book with a picture of a woman sitting on top of itan old black and white photo of a poem written in frenchan image of a drawing of two men and a dogan old drawing of two men and a dog in a wooded areaan old black and white drawing of a woman surrounded by animals
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83 - [FLEURET (Fernand)]. *Le Carquois du sieur Louvigné du Dézer…
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[FLEURET (Fernand)]. *Le Carquois du sieur Louvigné du Dézert*, a native of Rouen, based on fragments of an unpublished manuscript, and preceded by a biography of the author by his son. Paris: Éditions du Monde nouveau, 1923. Small quarto, paperback, green paper cover with embossing, untrimmed. A new edition of these charming satirical and gallant poems by Fernand Fleuret, illustrated with 5 original etchings outside the text, a frontispiece and numerous headpieces and tailpieces by Demetrius Galanis. One of 235 copies printed on Holland vellum. This copy is enriched with: - an autograph dedication signed by the author: ‘To my dear poet and friend Chalvet, with warm regards, Louvigné du Dézert’; - 13 pages of proofs from the work, hand-corrected by the author, 13 loose folios, - 7 additional states of the engravings, each signed in the artist’s own hand, - 2 autograph letters signed by the author, 1 p. in-12 and half a page in-8, in black ink, one addressed to the great poet Paul Fort, the other to his dear friend Mr Chalvet regarding the publication of *Le Carquois* (envelope enclosed). - the catalogue of a Galanis exhibition in 1922 at the Galerie Licorne, with a preface by André Malraux, an illustrated in-12 booklet, uncut. Traces of engravings; some foxing on certain plates and on the cover of the Galanis exhibition catalogue; minor, insignificant marginal tears on the corrected proofs. Pia, 176 – Dutel, no. 1158.
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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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