Pierre Jean Jouve (1887-1976)

Josef Šíma (1891-1971)

BEAU REGARD, PRIORITY COPY WITH THREE SETS OF ENGRAVINGS

1927
Book format 8°, 19x14 cm. 48 numbered pages, in French. Soft sewn binding. Title page printed in black. 9 drypoint engravings and 43 woodcuts by Josef Šíma. Published by Au Sans Pareil in Paris in 1927 with a total print run of 715 copies: 20 copies on parchment paper with a double set of engravings in the appendix for friends and collaborators, 20 copies on Japon paper with a double set of engravings in the appendix (Nos. 21-40), 35 copies on Holland paper with one set of engravings in the appendix (Nos. 41-75), 40 copies on Holland paper (Nos. 76-115), and 600 copies on Montgolfier d`Annonay paper (Nos. 116-715), as well as a few copies signed by the publisher. This special priority copy was printed for Henri Barthélemy. The section with the text, containing 3 engravings and 15 woodcuts, is printed on parchment paper, while the 3 etchings and 15 woodcuts in the appendix are printed once on Japon paper and again on Holland Van Gelder Zonen paper. Uncut sheets. Stored in the original paper cover with flaps, with the original protective tissue paper cover. Very good condition.