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the front cover of the book pervigily morts by pierre louya book that is open on a white tablea close up of a piece of paper with writing on itan open book with a picture of a cat on itan open book with a black and white image on itthree handwritten letters are on a piece of paper on a table
KÂ- MONDO / KAPANDJI MORHANGE

237 - LOUYS, Pierre. *Pervigilium Mortis*.
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Estimate €50 - €70
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Description
LOUYS, Pierre. *Pervigilium Mortis*. Paris, Albin Michel, 1947. Oblong 8vo, paperback, cloth-bound cover. Approximately 60 pp. (unpaginated). Some creases on the spine and a few slight stains on the cover. First edition of this erotic poem by Pierre Louÿs, written for his lost lover Marie de Régnier. Extensive introduction by Yves-Gérard Le Dantec. Limited edition of 1,000 numbered copies on white vellum from the Papeteries de Lana (no. 433). Comes complete with a facsimile of the original manuscript of one of the versions of *Pervigilium Mortis* (three pages, front side only, in violet ink). Very good condition.
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