487 - LOUYS (Pierre).

LOUYS (Pierre). Unpublished Poems. 1887–1924. Original color etchings by Édouard CHIMOT. [and] Free Verse. n.p., n.d., [1938]. 2 vols., in-4, folio size, printed covers with inlaid decorations, in a slipcase and box. 67 pp., 7 plates, including 1 duplicate; 40-[1] pp., 4 plates. A few rare pinholes. Edition based on the unpublished autograph manuscripts of Pierre Louÿs written between 1887 and 1924, printed in a limited run of only 109 copies and illustrated with 10 color etchings; No. 71, numbered and signed by Chimot, with his handwritten compliments, printed especially for Mr. Paul Schnaidt and augmented with: - 2 ORIGINAL DRAWINGS, out of the 8 announced in writing on the proof sheet. - 8 AUTOGRAPH SHEETS by Pierre Louys (=10 pages), out of the 10 listed in writing on the colophon: autographs in the form of poems, some inspired by popular song tunes, some consisting of a single stanza, others complete poems, most of them very crude or even pornographic. - a set of 10 signed artist’s proofs. Includes a duplicate folio corresponding to pp. 29–30 and 35–36 (featuring an original drawing). A precious copy of this sought-after edition, considered extremely rare according to Carteret (IV, 254).