VLAMINCK (Maurice). Le Bœuf. Paris : Corréa, 1944. - In-8, 235 x 185 : 67 pp, (2 ff.), printed cover. Black half-box with corners, smooth spine, gilt head, untrimmed, cover and spine kept (modern binding). First edition illustrated with 15 black compositions by the author in the text. One of the 50 copies out of trade, this one enriched with an AUTOGRAPHIC SENDER SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR TO LOUIS-FERDINAND CÉLINE : to Louis Ferdinand Céline // amicably // VlaminckVlaminck was one of the artists that Céline appreciated the most, it is moreover in Bagatelles pour un massacre that he wrote : " Vlaminck seems to me among the painters the one that comes closest to my ideal along with Gen Paul and Henri Mahé " . Some rubbing from use and an epidermis on the first cover. Browned leaves. Provenance : Louis-Ferdinand Céline, with a letter from the author. - Ex-libris M.D.