GAUGUIN, Paul.

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GAUGUIN, Paul.
Letters to Georges-Daniel de Monfreid, preceded by a tribute by Victor Segalen. Paris, Georges Crès et C ie, 1918. In-12 [191 x 126] of a frontispiece, (3) ff. the first blank, 357 pp., (2) ff. 7 plates : paperback, in a modern green and brick cardboard folder and case. First edition. It is illustrated with 8 out-of-text reproductions in phototypesetting of works by Gauguin. Rich correspondence published by Yvonne and Victor Segalen, the latter signing the Hommage à Gauguin at the head of the book. ONE OF THE 20 NUMBERED COPIES ON VERGÉ D'ARCHES (N° 6), THE ONLY LARGE PAPER WITH 2 OLD JAPON HORS COMMERCE. Stain in the lower margin of pages 166-167, otherwise a perfectly preserved copy. Attached : GAUGUIN, Paul. Before and After. With the twenty-seven drawings of the original manuscript. Paris, G. Crès et Cie, 1923. In-8 [222 x 138] with a frontispiece, (3) ff. 241 pp, (2) blank ff., 26 plates : red morocco of the time, boards decorated with a gilt and embossed decoration, influenced by the Haitian drawings of Paul Gauguin, representing a nude woman sitting in profile facing a peacock between two compositions of irregular patterns and interlacing on the first board, and a female face in front of it on the second board, smooth spine, gilt head, cover and spine preserved. New edition illustrated with 27 black drawings by Paul Gauguin, reproduced out of the text. Some foxing.
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