Antoni CLAVÉ (1913-2005) - SAINT-JOHN PERSE (1887-1975) - Lot 16

Antoni CLAVÉ (1913-2005) - SAINT-JOHN PERSE (1887-1975) La Gloire des rois. Marseille: Bibliophiles de Provence, [1976]. - Large folio, 47 x 35.4 cm: (52 ff. first 4 and last 4 blank), front cover with author's name printed in imprint. In sheets, filled cover, in a Plexiglas folder with ivory parchment spine, black cloth slipcase, decorated with a small metal plate embossed with the author's name in the center of the first cover. Monumental edition, illustrated with 12 original color carborundum engravings with impressions, embossing or collage, by painter and illustrator Antoni CLAVÉ (1913-2005), who produced them between 1974 and 1976. The general title and the titles of the poems were printed with Louis Perrin's august characters taken from ancient inscriptions. Limited edition of 240 copies, this being one of 185 on Arches vellum, and more precisely one of 150 on this paper reserved for members of the "Les Bibliophiles de Provence" society, bearing the number 13 specially printed for Édouard Rastoin. A very well preserved copy.