VIALAR (Paul) - LÉZARDIÈRE (Aymar de). - Lot 234

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VIALAR (Paul) - LÉZARDIÈRE (Aymar de). - Lot 234
VIALAR (Paul) - LÉZARDIÈRE (Aymar de). L'Homme de Brenne. Paris: Les Bibliophiles de l'Automobile-club de France, [1972]. - In-folio, leaves, filled cover, publisher's folder and slipcaseOriginal edition of 155 copies on wove paper, illustrated with 22 original etchings by the painter and engraver Aymar de LÉZARDIÈRE (1917-1995). One of 25 copies lettered A to T, printed for the author, artist, collaborators, Automobile-Club de France library and legal deposit. This one bears the letter P and was reserved for the typographer Pierre Jean Mathan, who printed the text. It has been enriched with the following items: - autograph card signed by Paul Vialar, one page in-16 oblong, dated May 30, 1980, addressed to Isabelle Reille, to whom he sent the corrected proofs of the preface to one of his books. - Original graphite drawing on a double page, at the head of a proof of pages 30 and 31. The subject is different from the one reproduced in the book. - 8 artist's proofs, justified and signed by Aymar de Lézardière, of a plate not reproduced in the book, the last of which is wet. - 6 artist's proofs justified and signed by Aymar de Lézardière of another plate not reproduced in the book. - 4 copies of the menu illustrated with an etching by the artist. - One proof of the justification. - One plate not selected for the book, in artist's proof justified and dedicated to Pierre Jean Mathan. - A superb original graphite drawing by Aymar de Lézardière, dedicated to Pierre Jean Mathan, not reproduced in the book. - 21 original drawings on tracing paper. - Autograph manuscript of Paul Vialar's preface, one page in-4. - One original full-page sketch. - One proof on japon of a plate not reproduced in the book. - A suite on Hollande of 20 of the book's 22 etchings. - One proof on Rives vellum of two etchings from the book. A very well preserved copy. Most of the additions are preserved in a separate folder and slipcase. Provenance: Pierre Jean Mathan Collection.
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