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170 - GREEN (Julien) & ALEXEIEFF (Alexandre). Adrienne Mesurat.
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Estimate €600 - €800
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GREEN (Julien) & ALEXEIEFF (Alexandre). Adrienne Mesurat. A very fine copy of this rare edition illustrated by Alexeieff, in full signed box. Paris, Société "Les Exemplaires", 1929. In-4 (290x200mm), full black box, boards decorated with a series of 10 gilt typographical waves ascending at an angle, smooth spine, gilt headband, fine black and pink bombé paper endpapers, covers preserved, untrimmed, slipcase (Léone-Raymonde Houadès). [2ff.] 312pp. [2ff.] ; title vignette, 3 full-page engravings at the head of each part, 52 in-text etchings. Edition illustrated with 56 aquatint-enhanced etchings by Alexandre Alexeïeff. One of 99 numbered copies on papeteries de Rives vellum, the only edition; this one printed especially for Mr Roger Braun. Adriene Mesurat is a novel by Green originally published in 1927. It follows the imprisonment of a young woman living with a tyrannical father in a small provincial town; she ends up killing him before sinking into madness. Alexandre Alexeïeff (1901-1982) was a Franco-Russian illustrator, engraver and animator, best known for inventing the pin screen technique with his partner Claire Parker. This unique method, based on the manipulation of thousands of blackened pins illuminated in chiaroscuro, creates extremely fine animated images akin to etchings or charcoal drawings. He made several experimental short films, including "A Night on Bald Mountain" (1933), considered a major work of avant-garde animation. Provenance : - Roger Braun (nominative): a former notary from Alsace, he was vice-president of the Vieux-Papier, was well known in the world of books and gastronomy, which he honoured doubly, as a guest and as a collector. His collection of menus was by far the largest ever assembled. In memory of her husband, his widow donated them to the Cabinet des Estampes of the BNF in 1941.
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About the sale Prestige sale - Antiquarian and collectible books
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Auction time 06/15/2026 at 2:00 PM
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