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LECONTE DE LISLE / ODETTE DENIS - The Barbarian Poems - Paris, Le livre de Plantin, 1948.
In-4 on sheets with publisher's case and a slipcase in imitation of snake skin, illustrated with 26 original etchings by Odette DENIS.
Limited edition of 205 copies on Arches vellum, this one of the XV hors commerce, no. XII.

A slight flaw to the chemise (penultimate photo), slipcase cracked for 8 cm (last photo), interior immaculate.

LECONTE DE LISLE / ODETTE DENIS - Les poèmes barbares - Paris, Le livre de Plantin, 1948.
In-4 en feuilles sous emboitage éditeur et chemise à l'imitation de la peau de serpent, illustré de 26 eaux-fortes originales d'Odette DENIS.
Tirage limité à 205 exemplaires sur vélin d'Arches, celui-ci un des XV hors commerce, n° XII.

Léger accroc à la chemise (avant dernière phot), étui fendu sur 8 cm (dernière photo), intérieur impeccable.

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Leconte de Lisle / Odette Denis - Poèmes Barbares [ex d'artiste XII signé] - 1948

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Leconte de Lisle and Odette Denis’s *Poèmes Barbares*, published by Le Livre de Plantin in 1948, is an illustrated, numbered edition with 26 original etchings by Denis, and this copy is artist’s proof XII, one of 15 hors commerce copies.

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Leconte de Lisle and Odette Denis’s Poèmes Barbares, published by Le Livre de Plantin in 1948, is an illustrated, numbered edition with 26 original etchings by Denis, and this copy is artist’s proof XII, one of 15 hors commerce copies.

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