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247 - APOLLINAIRE Guillaume Letters to Lou. Geneva, Pierre Cailler…
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Estimate €1,500 - €2,500
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APOLLINAIRE Guillaume Letters to Lou. Geneva, Pierre Cailler, s.d. [1955]. Two (2) volumes in-4, leaves, folders and publisher's slipcase in papier-raphia. First edition, the entire print run having been destroyed, with the exception of a few contributors' copies. It includes - the publisher's note printed at the beginning of the volume: "Following an arrangement between the various people involved in this correspondence, we have destroyed the facsimile edition. This volume is part of a set of a few copies which were not destroyed and which were given to the contributors to this publication as a record of the edition which has disappeared". - André Rouveyre's introduction, in a separate booklet - 220 letters, notes, cards and calligrams by Apollinaire reproduced in facsimile and each preserved in a dated folder. - Frontispiece: an original linocut by Matisse on Marais vellum. One of the few contributor's copies, according to the autograph justification n°23/32 signed by the publisher, Pierre Cailler, on the last page of the introduction. Minor wear to the raffia slipcase, small tears.
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About the sale THEMED SALES : JEWELLERY, PAINTINGS, FURNITURE, WORKS OF ART
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Auction time 06/19/2026 at 2:00 PM
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