249 - Max Ernst. Max Ernst. Texts by Joe Bousquet and Michel Tápie. Paris, René Drouin 1950. With two signed color lithographs and numerous illustrations, some on plates. Original dust jacket, bound in half-leather with acrylic glass covers and gilt spine (signed: Mercher || 1971). In a marbled slipcase with leather-edged sides.

Max Ernst. Max Ernst. Texts by Joe Bousquet and Michel Tápie. Paris, René Drouin 1950. With two signed color lithographs and numerous illustrations, some on plates. Original dust jacket, bound in half-leather with acrylic glass covers and gilt spine (signed: Mercher || 1971). In a marbled slipcase with leather-edged sides. Starting bid time: approx. 3:16 p.m. (schedule subject to change) Exhibition catalog. — One of 50 copies of the special edition with the signed lithographs (total print run of 81, including 31 copies for staff and the artist). - Colophon signed by the artist. - Printed on Montval handmade paper. - The bibliophile catalog, published at the suggestion of Heinz Berggruen, is presented here in a hand-bound edition by Daniel-Henri Mercher, the son of the famous Parisian bookbinder Henri Mercher. He joined his father’s workshop in 1964 and established his own business in 1968. Bindings with acrylic glass covers are a hallmark of his workshop. Spies/Leppin 36 A 28.5 : 19.5 cm. [4], 61, [7] pages. English description: Includes two signed color lithographs and numerous illustrations, some on plates. Half-leather binding with gilded spine and acrylic glass covers. (signed: Mercher || 1971). In a marbled slipcase with leather-edged pages. Exhibition catalog. - One of 50 copies of the special edition with signed lithographs (total print run of 81, including 31 copies for staff and artists). - Colophon signed by the artist. - Printed on Montval handmade paper. - This bibliophile catalog, published at the suggestion of Heinz Berggruen, is presented here in a hand-bound edition by Daniel-Henri Mercher, the son of the famous Parisian bookbinder Henri Mercher. He joined his father’s workshop in 1964 and established his own business in 1968. The bindings covered with acrylic glass are a hallmark of his workshop.