Title-page (in red and black): PARALLELEMENT | PAR PAUL VERLAINE | Orné d’une lithographie de Vertès | Éditions de Cluny, Paris | 35 Rue de Seine 35 ||
Description: 18.8 x 12.4 cm, French flapped cream wrappers lettered to front and spine, 1st blank leaf, [1-2] h.t. in red / limitation, 3-4] t.p. / blank, 5-127 [128], last blank leaf, plus frontispiece (colour lithography) by Marcel Vertès.
Edition: printed on December 5, 1934, by Ducros & Colas in Paris, limited to 2 copies on Japon Nacré (A and B); 3,000 copies on Vergé de Voiron (1-3,000); and several not for sale copies on Papier d’Arches, numbered with Roman numbers. This copy is №282.
Contributors:
Paul Verlaine (French, 1844 – 1896) – author.
Marcel Vertès [Marcell Vértes] (Jewish-Hungarian-French, 1895 – 1961) – artist.
Maitres-imprimeurs Ducros et Colas (Paris) – printer.
Éditions de Cluny (Paris) – publisher.
Other names: Marcel Vertès, Marcel Vertes, Marcell Vértes
Additional Information
| Collection | Illustrated books , Library |
|---|---|
| Type / Purpose | Book |
| Period | 20 AD , Mid-20th Century |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
| Subject | French poetry , Illustrated books , Lithography , Modern literature |
| Media/Technique | Laid paper , Lithography |
| Creation / Publishing year | 1934 |
| Creation / Publishing date | 05-DEC-1934 |
| Edition | 1st edition, thus , Limited |
| Binding | Softcover , Wrappers |
| Acquisition year | 2021 |
