JACOB (Max). Le Cornet à Dés. [Paris : l'auteur, 1917]. -In-8, fawn half-basane with corners, spine ribbed, untrimmed, cover and spine preserved (M. Drilhon). First edition, printed in an edition of 540 copies, of this important collection of Max Jacob's poems, published on a self-publishing basis and not sold commercially. It was only sold by subscription. The preface is a manifesto in which the Cubist poet claims to have invented the modern prose poem. He pays tribute to his predecessors Aloysius Bertrand and Marcel Schwob ("En français dans le texte", BN, 1990, no. 348). Enriched copy with this letter from the author to gallery owner Georges Terrisse: "à Georges Terrysse (sic) // son ami // Max Jacob. Spine faded, some wear. Cover soiled. Provenance: Georges Terrisse, with dispatch from the author. - JCR library, with red bookplate. Also by the same author: - MÉDITATIONS RELIGIEUSES. Paris: La Table ronde, 1945. - In-4, leaves in filled cover. Posthumous first edition, illustrated with 22 phototypeset compositions by the author, including a frontispiece and 7 full-page figures. One of the plates and the frontispiece were enhanced with stencils by the "Le Coloris" workshop in Paris. Limited edition of 325 numbered copies on Marais wove paper. Spine faded.