Lot n° 66
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Victor SEGALEN. Stèles. Peking, Presses du Pei-t'Ang, for Pa - Lot 66
Victor SEGALEN. Stèles. Peking, Presses du Pei-t'Ang, for Paris, Crès, 1914. In-4 narrow, folded Chinese-style, paper cover, publisher's wood-flap folder with title and Chinese characters engraved and painted in green, orange silk ribbons.
Lh, 561 /// (63f.).
Second edition, partly original for 16 poems, forming the second volume of the Collection coréenne directed by Victor Segalen. The justification explains the particular format of this work: "The large format was necessary. In China, a stele is a table twice as high as it is wide". Limited edition of 640 copies, this being one of 570 on felted laid paper (no. 638).
Some foxing to the cover.
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