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217 - VALERY, Paul. FLORES.
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VALERY, Paul. FLORES. Published in Paris. PARIS, 1940 Folio (44 x 31 cm), 11 pp., 12 etchings, (2) ff., loose sheets in the publisher’s cardboard folder (corners of the folder rubbed, clasps weakened, foxing). The illustrations consist of 12 beautiful etchings by Florès, depicting various sites and monuments in Paris, notably the Rue des Francs-Bourgeois, Notre-Dame with the booksellers on the banks of the Seine, the Pont-Neuf and the Cité, the Sainte-Chapelle, the Church of Saint-Germain-des-Prés, the market on Rue Mouffetard, the Place de la Concorde, and the Arc de Triomphe. Includes three original studies, drawn in ink on religious themes (faces of Christ) One of the numbered copies printed on Arches vellum, no. 406. Included is: Speech delivered by Mr. Paul Valéry on the occasion of his induction into the Académie Française on June 24, 1927. Paris, Javal et Bourdeaux, 1928. In-4, (4)-52-(2) pp., publisher’s paperback. “Ex-dono” stamp on the half-title page. Paul Valéry succeeded Anatole France (in seat 38), but never mentioned his predecessor by name, referring to him only through circumlocutions.
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