(MASSON, ANDRÉ.) Paulhan, Jean. Les Hain-Teny. 20 color etchings by Masson including a signed frontispiece, 9 full-page color etchings, the cover, and 9 color illustrations (title decoration and 8 headpieces). 445x340 mm; 17 1/2x13 inches, sheets, no margins. Folio, original color etched wrappers; publisher's painted board chemise and slipcase. Paris: Les bilbiophiles de l'Union Français, (1956)
number 35 of only 100 copies of the édition nominatifs enriched with a signed etching,and signed by masson, paulhan and the president of la Société des Bibliophiles de l'Union Français, Léon Léal, printed for French collector/bibliophile Jean Lambert. This copy is additionally enriched with an original copper plate of the color etching at the head of Chapter 41. From a total edition of 116. Masson's beautiful, boldly colored etchings illustrate the poetry of Madagascar in this gorgeous livre d'artiste. Saphire Cramer-36.
