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Apollinaire, Guillaume
Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 USD
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Description
- Le Poète Assassiné. Paris: Bibliotheque des Curieux, 1916
- paper, ink, leather
8vo (7 1/4 x 5 5/8 in.; 185 x 118 mm). Woodcut frontispiece of Apollinaire's headwound by Rouveyre. Original wrappers, cover illustration by Cappielo. Housed in custom grey clamshell box, title label gilt.
Literature
Talvart 1:80; Lake 10
Catalogue Note
FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed by Apollinaire to Monsieur Serpeille, but not signed.
Much of the text was written in 1914 but publication was delayed due to Apollinaire's head injury in the trenches and subsequent trepanation. The episode is graphically illustrated on the cover and frontispiece.