MABILLE (Pierre).
Le Miroir du merveilleux.
Paris : Éditions de Minuit, [1962]. - In-8, 253 x 163: 327 pp, 5 plates, printed cover. Paperback.
Second edition of this important essay for the understanding of surrealism, first published in 1940. It includes an unpublished preface by André Breton.
One of 118 copies reprinted on Johannot vellum, with 5 original color engravings outside the text by Max ERNST, Victor BRAUNER, Jacques HÉROLD, Wifredo LAM and Roberto MATTA. Each of these copies is signed by the artists at the justification. The engravings are not signed.
A very well preserved copy, despite some scattered spotting without gravity and a trace of light wetness on the back.
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Lot no. 189

MABILLE (Pierre). Le Miroir du merveilleux. Paris : Éditions de Minuit, [1962]. - In-8, 253 x 163: 327 pp, 5 plates, printed cover. Paperback. Second edition of this important essay for the understanding of surrealism, first published in 1940. It includes an unpublished preface by André Breton. One of 118 copies reprinted on Johannot vellum, with 5 original color engravings outside the text by Max ERNST, Victor BRAUNER, Jacques HÉROLD, Wifredo LAM and Roberto MATTA. Each of these copies is signed by the artists at the justification. The engravings are not signed. A very well preserved copy, despite some scattered spotting without gravity and a trace of light wetness on the back.

Estimate
€600 - €800
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€812
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25%
MABILLE (Pierre). Le Miroir du merveilleux. Paris : Éditions de Minuit, [1962]. - In-8, 253 x 163: 327 pp, 5 plates, printed cover. Paperback. Second edition of this important essay for the understanding of surrealism, first published in 1940. It includes an unpublished preface by André Breton. One of 118 copies reprinted on Johannot vellum, with 5 original color engravings outside the text by Max ERNST, Victor BRAUNER, Jacques HÉROLD, Wifredo LAM and Roberto MATTA. Each of these copies is signed by the artists at the justification. The engravings are not signed. A very well preserved copy, despite some scattered spotting without gravity and a trace of light wetness on the back.
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