Nov 24, 2015 - Sale 2400

Sale 2400 - Lot 272

Unsold
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
VILLON, JACQUES; and André Frenaud. Les Mystères de Paris. Preface by Paul Eluard. 2 drypoint etching frontispieces by Villon, one of which is numbered 7/10 and signed in pencil by villon, lower margin, 237x180mm; 9 3/8x7 1/8 inches, narrow margins. 8vo, 1/2 black morocco over blue paper-covered boards, lettered in gilt along spine, by Daniel Henri Mercher. number 7 on vélin d'arches from an edition of only 10, inscribed and signed by frenaud with a manuscript poem "Printemps" dated 5 May 1942 (the inscription dated 8 July 1945), on half-title. From a total edition of 210. (Paris): Éditions de Seuil, (1943)