MONTESQUIOU FEZENSAC (Jean de). - Lot 139

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MONTESQUIOU FEZENSAC (Jean de). - Lot 139
MONTESQUIOU FEZENSAC (Jean de). Siroco or the Night Story. Paris, at the author's expense, 1933. In-4, aubergine morocco, jansenist, pink moire lining and endpapers, gilt head, cover and spine, case (Baudry). 6 compositions engraved in colours by Édouard Chimot. Edition at 225 copies, this one on japon is one of the six marked artist's copy, it includes the etchings in two states, black with remarks and colours. The theme of the legend, entitled La Rose du souk, which the author has adapted and developed in this nocturnal tale, was collected in Berber country by Jacques Sèverac, director of Siroco (1930), the first indigenous film shot in Morocco. The copy was offered by Chimot to Jacqueline Lévy-Despas who has affixed her signature on the same sheet as the artist's pencil lettering
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