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DALÍ, SALVADOR. La Femme Visible. Heliogravure frontispiece after a pen-and-ink drawing, 7 photographic plates and reproductions. 4to, original silver wrappers with printed red translucent dust jacket, usual minor chipping to spine ends, tips, and a few areas along spine, but nicer than normally encountered; custom black cloth clamshell box with gilt-lettered red calf spine label; two copies of the publisher's single sheet prospectus and descriptive insert by André Breton and Paul Eluard laid in rear. Paris: Éditions Surréalistes, 1930
first limited edition of dalí's first poetic work. Number 54 of 175 copies on Arches, from a total edition of 204. His wife, Gala, is the "visible woman," the inspiration for the work, and to whom the book is dedicated. An unusually nice copy of this scarce, early publication. Michler-Löpsinger 4; Launay 288.
