Paul ÉLUARD, André DESLIGNÈRES
Le devoir et l'inquiétude, poèmes suivis de Le rire d'un autre
A.J. Gonon|Paris 1917|11 x 17 cm|broché sous chemise et étui
First edition, one of 200 numbered copies justified by the publisher on vergé d'Arches, the only printing apart from 6 on Japan paper.
Frontispiece woodcut by André Deslignères.
Provenance : from the library of Pierre Mercier with his ex libris.
The latter made a paper in slipcase and chemise to protect this rare book, one of the very first works by Paul Eluard.
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