Dessins Pour Lautreamont

One of 1,300 copies issued, this being copy no. 721, signed by Ruppert on the colophon. Softcover portfolio with loose-leaf illustrations, housed in the publisher’s cloth-covered slipcase chemise. Folio (42 cm). White pictorial paper wrappers; publisher’s cloth slipcase chemise with title and illustrations stamped in gilt; 13 pp.; color and black-and-white illustrations, including a vibrant fold-out, double-page opening plate. Text in French.

The portfolio shows light shelf soiling and faint finger soiling, but includes the contents list and all thirteen illustrations, which are present and complete; overall Near Fine. The publisher’s slipcase shows light shelf wear and soiling; Very Good.

A collection of lithographically printed works in color and monochrome illustrating Les Chants de Maldoror by Lautréamont.