PROUST (Marcel) - LESIEUR (Pierre).
Journées de lecture.
S.l. Le livre contemporain et les Bibliophiles Franco-suisses, 1969. - In-folio, leaves, filled cover, publisher's slipcase.
Very fine edition printed at 180 copies on large Rives vellum, illustrated with 27 original etchings by painter and engraver Pierre LESIEUR (1922-2011), including 2 on the cover, 11 full-page and 14 in the text.



One of 30 copies for contributors and legal deposit, this one bearing number XVII, specially printed for the typographer Pierre Mathan.


It is enhanced by THREE ORIGINAL DRAWINGS BY LESIEUR (frontispiece, pages 14 and 40), double-signed by the artist in 1964 and 1969, as well as the menu illustrated with two original etchings.



A very well preserved copy, despite the spine and edges of the slipcase having been lightened.


Provenance: Pierre Jean Mathan Collection.
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PROUST (Marcel) - LESIEUR (Pierre). Journées de lecture. S.l. Le livre contemporain et les Bibliophiles Franco-suisses, 1969. - In-folio, leaves, filled cover, publisher's slipcase. Very fine edition printed at 180 copies on large Rives vellum, illustrated with 27 original etchings by painter and engraver Pierre LESIEUR (1922-2011), including 2 on the cover, 11 full-page and 14 in the text. One of 30 copies for contributors and legal deposit, this one bearing number XVII, specially printed for the typographer Pierre Mathan. It is enhanced by THREE ORIGINAL DRAWINGS BY LESIEUR (frontispiece, pages 14 and 40), double-signed by the artist in 1964 and 1969, as well as the menu illustrated with two original etchings. A very well preserved copy, despite the spine and edges of the slipcase having been lightened. Provenance: Pierre Jean Mathan Collection.

Estimate
€400 - €600
Result
€513
Buyer's premium
30%
PROUST (Marcel) - LESIEUR (Pierre). Journées de lecture. S.l. Le livre contemporain et les Bibliophiles Franco-suisses, 1969. - In-folio, leaves, filled cover, publisher's slipcase. Very fine edition printed at 180 copies on large Rives vellum, illustrated with 27 original etchings by painter and engraver Pierre LESIEUR (1922-2011), including 2 on the cover, 11 full-page and 14 in the text. One of 30 copies for contributors and legal deposit, this one bearing number XVII, specially printed for the typographer Pierre Mathan. It is enhanced by THREE ORIGINAL DRAWINGS BY LESIEUR (frontispiece, pages 14 and 40), double-signed by the artist in 1964 and 1969, as well as the menu illustrated with two original etchings. A very well preserved copy, despite the spine and edges of the slipcase having been lightened. Provenance: Pierre Jean Mathan Collection.