Ovide / Cécile Reims - Les Métamorphoses [très rare] - 1927

Cécile Reims (1927-2021) – Ovide, Les Métamorphoses – 1959 – Serie completa di 11 incisioni al bulino originali.

suite of 11 original burin engravings by Cécile Reims (1927-2021), one of France's major 20th-century burin engravers, illustrating Ovid's Metamorphoses with her characteristic surreal transformations of human and animal forms.
Title page: OVIDE / LES MÉTAMORPHOSES / Gravures au Burin de CÉCILE REIMS • All French text leaves with extracts from Ovid, including (L. I) Io transformed into a heifer, and (L. III) Cadmus transformed into a serpent • All 11 original burin plates
Plate mark: 31 x 21 cm (as catalogued)

A rare, self-published livre d'artiste, printed in a very small run. Complete sets seldom appear on the market. Held by the BnF, Département des Estampes.