First edition of this issue of the important journal dealing notably with archaeology, fine arts and ethnography with Georges Bataille and Carl Einstein as principal editors. Very handsome copy. Contributions by Heinrich Ehl: "L'heure de naissance de l'art européen occidental", Georges Bataille "La mutilation sacrificielle et l'oreille coupée de Vincent Van Gogh", Michel Leiris: "Le "caput mortuum" ou la femme de l'alchimiste", Jean Bourdeillette: "Franz Xaver Messerschmidt", Zdenko Reich: "Le massacre des porcs", Carl Einstein: "L'enfance néoloithique (Hans Arp)", Jacques Prévert, Maurice Leenhardt. Issue illustrated with photographs by Jacques-André Boiffard