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466 - Les jeux du demi-jour [...]. With twelve lithographs by Vert…
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Estimate €150 - €200
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Les jeux du demi-jour [...]. With twelve lithographs by Vertès. In-f°: [4]-iii-[1]-45-[1] pp. ; 12 h.-t. - First edition illustrated with 12 large h.t. lithographs. The cover title vignette, repeated on the cover, is a detail of the plate on page 24. Edition of 600 copies, one of 500 on Lafuma pur fil (2nd paper, no. 348). The work evokes brothels, their boarders... and their clients. Title printed in green and black, fillets and endpapers in green. - Mahé II:752. - Carteret IV:257. - Prov. Palle Helmer-Petersen (ex-libris s. Sofia Gisberg). - Joint : [Id.] - Les contemporaines galantes. Paris, s.n., 1931. in-12. On ff. in publisher's printed cover and marbled paper slipcase. A very good copy. First edition illus. by Dignimont: title vignette and 10 large stencil-enhanced headbands, 10 culs-de-lampe in pale blue, all free. 1/200 (of 212 numbered copies) on Rives vellum (no. 210) Ref. Dutel 1292. - Not in Pia. (2 vols.)
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About the sale Prints & Drawings, Photographs & Comics, Rare Books, Atlases & Manuscripts, Surrealism, Congo, Erotica & Ballets russes
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Auction time 06/25/2026 at 1:00 PM
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