Paul Valry. Mon Faust (bauches). 1945

I. Lust ou La Demoiselle de Cristal - comdie. II. Le Solitaire ou Les Maldictions d'Univers - frie dramatique. Paris, Gallimard, 1945. In artistic binder and slipcase by Marius Magnin, red morocco covers adorned with a set of gilt fillets entangled. Second edition partly original, one of 120 numbered copies on Annam Mulberry paper (n 82).
Copy enriched with notes and letters:
- Autograph note signed by P.-J. Monod to Franois Revel, October 1952, with copies of quatrains or verses (one handwritten page + a typed page)
- Autograph letter signed by Paul Valry to Revel, July 19, 1944 (+ envelope). Valery thanks Revel for sending a restored umbrella and gives him news of his daily life in occupied Paris.
- Autograph letter from P.-J. Monod to Revel, April 29, 1945. About the current elections and a poetic morning given at the Comdie Franaise in tribute to Valry. Valery died two months later.
- Autograph postcard signed by Madame Paul Valry to Revel, August 13, 1946 (+ envelope)
- Autograph note signed by Franois Revel, evoking one of his meetings with Valery in 1942 and an incident that occurred in June 1940.
Provenance: Franois Revel, head of the Maison Revel, umbrella manufacturers.

Product Info

Publisher: Gallimard

Year: 1945

Type: Used

Binding: Hardcover

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