Radovan Ivšić (1921-2009)

Toyen (1902-1980)

LE ROI GORDOGANE

1968
Book format 4°, 25.5 × 17 cm, 133 numbered pages, in French. Soft sewn binding, cardboard covers. Title page printed in black and red. Frontispiece: drypoint etching, 13,2 × 9 cm, numbered and signed in pencil below the print area "32/81 Toyen," with an additional six illustrations in the text. Issued by Éditions Surréalistes in Paris in 1968 in a total edition of 431 copies. The first 81 copies were printed on Velin paper with a drypoint frontispiece, of which 30 copies, marked H.C.1-H.C.30, were reserved for collaborators. Copies numbered 82-431 were printed on Chiffon de Mandeure paper. This copy is number 32.