Luis de GONGORA Y ARGOTE. Twenty poems. - Lot 43

Luis de GONGORA Y ARGOTE. Twenty poems. Paris, Les Grands Peintres modernes et le Livre, 1948. Small folio, large black and burgundy morocco decoration covering the boards and smooth spine, with multiple irregular mosaic pieces separated by undulating beige morocco listels, the whole enhanced by gilded fillets in certain corners, red velvet lining and endpapers, gilded edges on witnesses, cover and spine, half-maroquin slipcase and slipcase (Madeleine Gras). Monod, I-778 /// (44f.). First edition of the French translation by Z. Milner illustrated with 41 hors-texte etchings by Pablo Picasso. The work contains 20 poems in French, each illustrated with 2 etchings, one illustrating the poem, the other reproducing it in alligraphy with drawings and ornaments on the sides. The 41st etching is the title in calligraphy by Picasso. Limited edition of 275 copies, this one of 235 on Papeterie du Marais, with the Gongora watermark designed by the artist (no. 88). A splendid copy in a rich and elegant decorated binding by Madeleine Gras.