Lautreamont Max Ernst Magritte Masson (2 results)

Condition: Near Fine. Victor Brauner, Oscar Dominguez, Max Ernst, Espinoza, Rene Magritte, André Masson, Matta Echaurren, Joan Miro, Wolfgang Paalen, Man Ray, Kurt Seligman, Yves Tanguy. (illustrator). First Edition thus. Limited Edition. Reverential publication of Lautreamont, whose real name was Lucien Ducasse, a French poet born in Uruguay, who published only two works in his short life, but those works influenced and inspired Surrealism, and thus this book has contributions from many of the big names in that movement, both artists but also writers -- besides Breton, there are apercus from Aragon, Paul Eluard, and others. No. 561 of 1121 copies in limitation. 12mo. 19.5 by 14.5 cm. xiv, [1], 415, [6] pp. Binding has some edgewear, rubbing along joints, and a few light scratches and minor abrasions. Interior is tight and clean. Three Quarters Morocco. Marbled paper pastedown on boards.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. (Oscar Dominguez, Max Ernst, Espinoza, Rene Magritte, Andre Masson, Matta Echaurren, Joan Miro, [Wolfgang] Paalen , Man Ray, [Kurt] Seligmann, [Yves] Tanguy. Une table analytique. Des documents. Repercussions.) Binding: 5 3/4 x 7 3/4" (original book size: 14.3 x 19.1 mm.); 415pp., plus Table Generale: (4)pp.+ colophon leaf. Includes 12 full-page, bound-in black & white illustrations by Surrealist artists. In a special handcrafted inlaid & overlaid leather binding by book artist Tim Ely. Bound in full orange/brown morocco leather with inlays or overlays of black, gray, red, blue/gray, violet & orange/brown leather & applied areas of "textured" or "puckered" leather in red/brown, orange/brown, tan & gray; black inked lines; lines, dots, circles, curves, "horse shoes", etc. stamped in gold, silver, copper or iridescent toned metallic foils to form an overall design spanning both covers & spine. Label area on lower spine reading: Comte De Lautremont. Double headbands sewn in many colored threads echoing binding colors. Top edge gilt & toned with a red wash. Dark brown endpapers & extra flyleaves bound in. Fore & bottom edges untrimmed; original front paper cover & spine removed & included loose in the clamshell case. Binding design executed with great skill but undated; it uses elements of some of the great Surrealist painters' illustrations in this book as Matta, Miro, Tanguy, Masson (those who mainly worked in a more "abstract" style). In a sturdy clamshell case (box) covered in gray cloth with title in black on spine; inner section lined with gray felt. Book shows some age spotting to fore edge; else, text, plates, binding & case in fine condition. This illustrated & bound book is both the quintessential surrealist & neo-surrealist object. No better title than the 1938 GLM edition of Lautreamont could have been found for this project & Timothy C. Ely's mildly unusual binding does this still very unusual work justice. Les Editions G. L. M. 190. (French text).