Charles MARTIN. Sous les pots de fleurs. Paris, Jules Meynia - Lot 253

Charles MARTIN. Sous les pots de fleurs. Paris, Jules Meynial, 1917. In-4, leaves, in publisher's green jute cloth chemise with label on front cover and endpapers illustrated with small vignettes printed in red, red silk laces missing. Monod II-7802 /// (2f.)-53-(3f.) Collection of 30 line-engraved drawings in text, including 16 full-page, Accompanied by Prose Rythmée, by Charles Martin, with a preface by Pierre Mac Orlan. The work was composed at the Front between 1914 and 1917 and titled Sous les Pots de Fleurs, a spoonerism of Sous les Flots de Peurs. Limited edition of 300 copies on Arches vellum. Cloth faded and slightly worn, as is often the case, lacking the laces.