AUDIBERTI (Jacques). Le Sabbat ressuscité par Léonor Fini. S - Lot 167

AUDIBERTI (Jacques). Le Sabbat ressuscité par Léonor Fini. S. l. [Paris], Société des Amis des Livres,1957. In-folio (380 x 275 mm), violet morocco, large personalized mosaic decoration with gilded fillets decorating the first plate and running over the second, ornate smooth spine, gilded edges on witness, gray and violet suede lining and endpapers, illustrated cover and spine preserved, violet half-maroquin flap folder and slipcase (G. de Coster - H. Dumas - 1964). 35 etchings, including one on the cover, by Léonor FINI. Edition of 105 copies, this one (no. 69), on Rives vellum, printed for Mr. René Zierer, containing THREE ADDITIONAL SUITES OF ILLUSTRATIONS including - one on old japon (no. 3/12), - one on rives watercolored by the artist (no. 14/15), - & a suite of eight etchings in white on black Canson (no. 3/6); and THREE SIGNED ORIGINAL DRAWINGS (one at the beginning of each of the three suites). Enriched with - SEVEN ORIGINAL DRAWINGS SIGNED by the artist, in India ink (under passe-partout in limina); - three menus illustrated with signed and numbered lithographs, two of which in color (n° 10/50) [1956], (n° 17/65) [1957] & (n° 22/60) [1958]; - two loose menus, one printed (1957), the other handwritten (1956); & - TWO L.A.S. from Germaine de Coster to bibliophile René Zierer (with envelopes). From the library of René Zierer, with bookplate. Spine of folder faded. Featured in exhibitions: "La Reliure originale", (Paris, Bibliothèque nationale, 1965), & "Galleria del bel Libro", (Ascona, 1968). Germaine de Coster and Hélène Dumas. Bookbinding. Paris, Blaizot, 1981, no. 5, (which states that the binding's decoration depicts a "witch's head"). A VERY FINE COPY IN A MOSAIC MOROCCO BINDING BY GERMAINE DE COSTER & HELENE DUMAS.