LANSKOY (André) - LECUIRE (Pierre). - Lot 133

LANSKOY (André) - LECUIRE (Pierre). Dédale. S.l. Pierre Lecuire, 1960]. - In-4, 325 x 179: (1 blank f.), 102 pp. (6 last blank ff.), printed cover. In sheets, sand-colored sheepskin folder illustrated with an engraving on the first cover, publisher's brown cardboard slipcase with flaps and leather laces. Books by Pierre Lecuire, Bibliographie descriptive, 1980, no. 7. - Les livres de Pierre Lecuire, BnF, 2001, n° 32. First edition of this collection of poems by Pierre Lecuire, illustrated with 22 original etchings by Russian-born painter André LANSKOY (1902-1976), including one on the leather jacket and 21 full-page. A printed note opposite the justification at the end states that "the original etchings that Lanskoy engraved for Dédale are his first engravings". Limited edition of 190 copies on handmade Auvergne paper from the Richard-de-Bas mill, signed by the author and artist at the justification, this being one of 145 numbered from 26 to 170 (no. 81). EXCEPTIONALLY ENRICHED WITH ONE OF THE 25 ENGRAVINGS ON CHINESE PAPER, normally intended for the top 25 copies, preserved in a sand sheepskin folder. Crack of a few centimeters at one hinge of the slipcase and a few light halos on the first cover. Small light wetness on one edge of the chine suite. Discharge, as usual, from the flap of the dust jacket.