MONTHERLANT (Henry de) - TRÉMOIS (Pierre-Yves). Pasiphaé. Le - Lot 212

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MONTHERLANT (Henry de) - TRÉMOIS (Pierre-Yves). Pasiphaé. Le - Lot 212
MONTHERLANT (Henry de) - TRÉMOIS (Pierre-Yves). Pasiphaé. Le Chant de Minos.Paris, Lyon: Archat, [1953]. - In-folio, 392 x 293, leaves, filled cover, ivory parchment spine folder and publisher's slipcase.Superb edition illustrated with 29 original etchings in burin and aquatint by Pierre-Yves TRÉMOIS (1921-2020). Edition of 245 copies on Rives vellum. Copy by Pierre Bouchet, the typographer who printed the text, bearing number 35 and including this autograph letter signed by the author on the false title: "To Pierre Bouchet, // who produced this admirable book, // of which the author is as proud as // if he had printed it himself / Montherlant." Enriched copy with a second copy of the false title including a second dedication by the author, addressed to the painter André Dunoyer de Segonzac: "To Dunoyer de Segonzac, // this beautiful book, // with my only regret, that life // passes and tends to end, without us // ever having worked alongside // each other, // Montherlant." Enclosed is the menu for the 121st dinner of the Académie du Goût on December 3, 1952 (2 ff. in-8), adorned on the first page with a composition by Pierre-Yves Trémois woodcut by Pierre Jean Mathan, and a vignette drawn and woodcut by the latter. It is enriched with several original ink drawings by Mathan, constituting essays for the vignette. A very well preserved copy, despite a few brown spots. Attached is an original model of the book with some autograph indications in Trémois' hand. Several leaves are repeated. There are also 2 LAS from Trémois addressed to Pierre Bouchet, the first concerning this mock-up: "As agreed, here is the mock-up of the Pasiphaé text, and when you need the other part, I'll bring it to you at once in Boulogne. Pay no attention to the infamous indications drawn on the pages; this is only a memory aid for me." Some scattered foxing. Provenance: Pierre Bouchet. - Pierre Mathan Collection.
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