"L'Invention collective". Review appearing every two months, directed by Raoul Ubac. N° 1 and 2. [Jette, Impr. René-J. Stenuit], 1940, 2 fasc. 8°, br. (last blank sheet of the 2nd fasc. cut). First edition. 1/25 copies of the head number on Chamonix paper (only the 1st volume is justified). Rare complete collection of this collective work of the "Groupe surréaliste de Belgique" and "Groupe surréaliste de Hainaut", directed by René Magritte and Raoul Ubac. Texts by Chavée, Lecomte, Scutenaire, Marïen, Breton, Paul and René Magritte, Ubac and some others. Illustrations by Bury, Delvaux, Magritte and Ubac (Schwilden, Magritte livre l'image, 208 and 209; Waldberg/Blavier, 172). Extremely rare.

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