deluxe edition one of 10 copies signed by the artist

One of the most delightful of all Cubist illustrated books with an introduction by Tristan Tzara. Marcoussis illustrates quotations by favourite authors including Shakespeare, Baudelaire, Dostoevsky, Hölderlin, Rimbaud and Apollinaire.

Louis Marcoussis (1883–1941) was born in Warsaw and educated at the University of Krakow. He emigrated to Paris in 1901 and exhibited with the Section d'Or in 1912.

Limited edition, number 6 of 10 copies on Japon Impérial from a total edition of 77 copies; oblong 4to; title, limitation page signed by artist in black ink, [6] pp. preface, 13 black and white etchings including frontispiece and additional suite of 10 etchings at rear, each numbered 6/11 and signed by artist (25 plates in total); full black calf by Pierre Lucien Martin in 1975 (binder's mark) with geometric design inlaid on covers, suede endpapers, spine gilt lettered, black calf backed cream cloth chemise with spine gilt lettered, housed in matching slipcase.

Solange Millet 66-78; Gertz (Fine Bindings).