Ramón REVENTÓS. - Lot 215

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Ramón REVENTÓS. - Lot 215
Ramón REVENTÓS. Two Tales. The Picador Centaur. The twilight of a faun. Engravings by Pablo Picasso. Paris, 1947. Small folio: calf in two colours, red at the top, black at the bottom, smooth back, mosaic decoration in relief of red and black calf pieces, red and black suede linings and guards, gold edges on witnesses, preserved cover, shirt, case (Leroux, 1966). First edition of the translation by Jaume Canyameres illustrated with 4 original drypoints by Pablo Picasso. Picasso also drew in pencil the cover, the title page of each tale, the letters and, in the text, the poster announcing the bullfight of the Picador centaur. Limited edition of 250 copies. One of the first 20 copies (no. 9) enriched with a suite of four wide-margined prints by Picasso on vergé de Montval. With a larger justification, the full-length engraved caption is folded. Important two-colour binding by Georges Leroux. From the Edmée Maus library, with ex-libris. This remarkable Geneva bibliophile was recommended for the modern part of her collection by Jean Hugues. (Goeppert & Cramer, Pablo Picasso, catalogue raisonné des livres illustrés, nº 45.) Lower corners of the binding damaged.
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