BRAQUE (Georges) - JOUHANDEAU (Marcel). - Lot 169

BRAQUE (Georges) - JOUHANDEAU (Marcel). Descente aux Enfers. [Paris] : Nouveau cercle parisien du livre, 1961. - In-4, 322 x 255: (2 blank ff.), 90 pp. (7 ff. last 3 blank), printed cover. Original edition illustrated with 4 original full-page lithographs by Georges BRAQUE (1882-1963), printed by Mourlot frères. Limited edition of 200 copies on Rives wove paper, signed by the author and illustrator. This copy, one of 150 nominative copies (no. 141), was specially printed for Edith Philippe, mother of Jean-Loup Philippe. It was enriched with this beautiful autograph letter signed by the author on the second blank page: For my dear // friends, Edith and Bob // Philippe. Philippe. // In memory of the // charming // and frequent charming // and frequent encounters that have between us a // precious intimacy // Marcel Jouhandeau // Rueil, Malmaison // Nov. 29, 1961 Very well preserved copy.