Aux dépens d'un amateur

Edition illustrated with 13 colored plates including 10 by Gaston La Touche, one of 109 numbered copies on laid paper, the only issue after whatman.
The work is also decorated with a frontispiece, two full-page plates, 10 headpieces and 10 tailpieces by William-Fel.
Handsome copy.

Rare hors commerce first edition printed in 50 copies numbered and justified in the colophon by Jacques Lion.
Some light foxing.
Precious autograph inscription dated and signed by Claude Aveline: "A Georges Duhamel, ces souvenirs dont Jacques Lion a voulu faire une plaquette, parce qu'ils me sont chers, son ami. Claude Aveline. Font Romeu août 1928..." ["To Georges Duhamel, these memories that Jacques Lion wanted to make into a booklet, because they are dear to me, his friend. Claude Aveline. Font Romeu August 1928..."]

First edition published in a small number of copies on grand vélin d'Arches, ours unnumbered.
Work illustrated with 12 original illustrations attributed to André Collot.
Our copy is complete with the duplicate suite in blue of the 12 illustrations.
Some rubbing to the slipcase.
Handsome copy.

PICASSO Pablo & DUHAMEL Marcel
Le Carnet des carnets
Aux dépens d’un amateur, n. p., 1965, 7,5 x 10 cm, publisher’s binding, envelope and flexible plastic slipcover
Edition consisting in the facsimile, printed by Daniel Jacomet, of a book illustrated of drawing by Pablo Picasso, given to Marcel Duhamel and printed by the latter at 250 numbered copies, plus a few copies that were not for sale but were for the artist and his colleagues.
Publisher’s binding in full grey canvas, a beautiful copy completed with its illustrated envelope of reproductions of the drawing by Pablo Picasso and with its flexible plastic slipcover, lightly split at the top of the joint.

New edition printed to 550 copies.
A good copy.

First edition, one of 60 numbered copies on vélin paper, the only printing with 15 on Japan paper.
Slight foxing, not serious, to lower cover.