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142 - GUILLEVIC (Eugène)
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Estimate €800 - €1,000
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Description
GUILLEVIC (Eugène) Paris, Éditions Sagesse, Librairie Tschann, [1938]. Requiem. In-8 (20.7 x 15.8 cm), black half-maroquin with small corners, plain spine, title label in orange calfskin running the length of the spine, gilt head, slipcase (D.–H. Mercher).   A very rare first edition of the poet’s first book. One of 6 special copies printed on Chinese paper (no. 3). A beautiful autographed dedication to his wife Lucie Albertini: ‘To Bizza, my beloved, who has given me what even the best scarcely dare to dream of, and who knows that writing a poem is still, for me, a way of adoring her. Your [? illegible] faithful as the earth.” The dedication, written in ink, was first amended in ballpoint pen with the words “I shall always love you” – which were then crossed out – and replaced with “I owe it to you that I have known joy and happiness ’. Both these notes are signed with the initial E.
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About the sale Books, Manuscripts & Antique Engravings, including the José Luis Dotti Library
Auction location
Auction time 09/23/2026 at 2:30 PM
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