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a drawing of a man and a woman in a rooman image of a painting of a man and a woman on a wallan image of a drawing of a woman laying down on the grounddrawing of an old man with a cane in a field of flowersan old red book with a red cover sitting on top of a white tabletwo books with red writing on them sitting next to each otherthe front cover of a book with red lettering on itdrawing of a man sitting at a table with a bottle of wine in front of hima black and white drawing of a man holding a knifea black and white drawing of a man sitting on a chairdrawing of a dog laying on the ground in front of a treean illustration of a man with a knife and a knife in his hand standing in front of a white background
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1368 - GEETERE (Frans de) & LAUTRÉAMONT (Isidore DUCASSE, Count of)…
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GEETERE (Frans de) & LAUTRÉAMONT (Isidore DUCASSE, Count of). *Les Chants de Maldoror*. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and sixty-five etchings by Frans de Geetere. Paris, Blanchetière, 1927. 2 volumes, large quarto (31 x 28 cm), replaced covers in the publisher’s flap-and-lacing slipcases (one split spine). First illustrated edition. 66 original etchings by Frans de Geetere (one colour frontispiece and 39 in-text plates for the first volume; one black-and-white frontispiece and 25 in-text plates for the second volume). Printed in a run of 133 copies. No. XLVII of 30 on Montval laid paper, verified by the publisher, containing a suite of engravings with notes, six colour etchings, an original sketch in black ink (corresponding to the final, bloody colour engraving), an original copperplate (corresponding to the framing engraving on p. 63 of Volume I). Also included is an artist’s proof of the colour frontispiece, signed in pencil and printed in a different shade, and an original drawing by Frans de Geetere, signed and dated 1929 in pencil, depicting an embracing couple. A powerful illustration of *Les Chants de Maldoror*, of which this is the first illustrated edition (if one disregards José Roy’s frontispiece for the 1890 Genonceaux edition). A very fine volume.
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About the sale MONTIGNAC – 31st BOOK SALE – Day 3 of 4 – Nos. 1085 to 1642
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Auction time 08/21/2026 at 2:00 PM
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