VALLORZ (Paolo) - ETR (Fouad El-). - Lot 239

VALLORZ (Paolo) - ETR (Fouad El-). La Trompe d'Eustache. Paris: La Délirante, 1982. - In-folio, leaves, filled cover, publisher's folder and slipcase. First separate edition of this collection of 19 poems that had previously appeared in "Comme une pieuvre que son encre efface". It is illustrated with 8 original unsigned etchings by the Italian painter and illustrator Paolo VALLORZ (1931-2017), 7 of which are full-page and one as a cul-de-lampe. The title page features a woodcut by Henri Renaud after a drawing by Sam Szafran. Limited edition of 150 copies on Arches vellum paper, signed by the author and artist at the justification, this being one of 26 author's copies, specially printed for Mr. and Mrs. Sam Szafran. A perfectly preserved copy. Provenance: Lilette and Sam Szafran collection, Piasa, June 28, 2022, no. 54.