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51. ERNST, Max. Artaud, Antonin. Galapagos. Les Îles du bout du monde. Paris. Louis Broder. 1955.
8vo. (228 x 170 mm). [28 leaves, 14 bifolia; pp. 42, (iii)]. Monochrome etched frontispiece and nine original colour etchings by Max Ernst, three full-page, one printed without colour as issued (sheet size: 210 x 155 mm), final leaf with justification; the wrappers and spine also feature a large original colour etching by Ernst.
An excellent édition de tête example with Ernst’s signed original frottage and in a beautiful mosaic binding by Martin.
From the edition limited to 135 numbered copies on vélin de Rives signed by Ernst, with this one the first 20 édition de tête exam- ples with Ernst’s original colour frottage signed and numbered by the artist in pencil.
Also included, loosely inserted, are two proofs of the illustrations - after Ernst’s original collages - for the decoration for the front and rear boards of the slipcase; as for the slipcase for the unbound book, these proofs are printed on grey laid paper.
[Spies 59, I - XI].