Juan Gris, Pierre Roy, Le Moal, Manessier, Moisset, Roger Toulouse, Max Jacob, Mac Orlan... - Présence d'Apollinaire - 1943

Presence of Apollinaire

Paris, Galerie Breteau, 1943

Small quarto (21.5 × 27.5 cm), full cloth binding with a title piece on the spine, pagination absent (34 pp).

Original edition printed on rag paper.

5 wood engravings by Pierre Roy, Le Moal, Manessier, Moisset and Roger Toulouse. 2 reproductions by Juan Gris and Gruber, Picasso's reproduction is missing.

Homages and reminiscences by André Billy, Louis de Gonzague Frick, Pierre Mac Orlan, Max Jacob, Vincent Muselli, Pierre Varenne, Pierre Milocq, Léo Malet, Gaston Diehl, J.-F. Chabrun.

Apart from the absence of Picasso's reproduction, the nick to the title piece, and scattered foxing, a pleasant copy.