MINAUX (André) - CENDRARS (Blaise). - Lot 260

MINAUX (André) - CENDRARS (Blaise). La Grand'route. [Paris]: Bibliophiles et Graveurs d'Aujourd'hui, 1952. - In-4, 329x251: (4 ff. 3 first blanks), 102 pp. (5 ff. 2 last blanks), printed cover. Black morocco, boards entirely decorated with an abstract design consisting of a large piece of white parchment with multiple straight and irregular edges, bordered by a gilt fillet and decorated with interlocking black and gilt fillets, some gilt fillets protruding from the design, smooth spine, gilt head, untrimmed, cover and spine preserved, case (Pierre-Lucien Martin - 1955). A particularly successful edition of 120 copies on Arches wove paper, illustrated with 27 original lithographs in black in the text by painter, illustrator and lithographer André MINAUX (1923-1986). A precious copy, specially printed for Maître Robert Benoist, enriched with the following items: - one of 15 suites of illustrations on chine, including the first plate justified and signed by the artist, - a suite of 3 rejected plates, 2 on chine unsigned and one on Arches vellum signed by Minaux, - the menu for the meal given at the general meeting of the Association des Bibliophiles et Graveurs d'Aujourd'hui on April 23, 1953, illustrated with a lithograph by the artist, - a chine proof of the menu lithograph, unsigned and justified 7/7. Superb contemporary binding signed by Pierre-Lucien Martin. Scratch at the top of the spine, small but not serious crack at the bottom of the hinge of the first cover.