“LA TABLE RONDE” 1944-1946. A collection of 5 volumes, all numbered, from the limited edition of the 150 copies, including extra numbered & signed plates. All volumes in 4to, including numerous fine prints (lithographs, etchings, copper-engravings, guaches) of famous mid-20th century artists accompanying texts written by prominent and emerging writers of this period:

“La Table ronde no1”, Edition du Centre, 1944. One of 150 copies (No. 72) on Vergé rives paper with a numbered etching by Paul Valery numbered in pencil “80/195” and stamped “P.V” and a lithograph by Edouard Goerg. Texts by Giraudoux, Max Jacob, Paul Valéry, Jean Cocteau, Hemingway among others. Illustrations of Max Jacob and Christian Bérard. Original covers and slipcase.

 “La Table ronde troisième cahier“, Editions de la Table Ronde, 1945. One of 150 copies (No. 110) with a numbered etching by Michel Ciry and a numbered lithograph by Maurice Savin. ‎Texts by Giraudoux, Ronsard, Louis Jouvet, Renan, Blok, Anouilh, Virginia Woolf, Paulhan, Kipling, Genet, Maulnier, Blanchot, etc illustrated by Boussingault, Mariano Andreu, Cocteau, Hugo, Morel. Original covers, slipcase and case.

“La Table ronde quatrième cahier“, Editions de la Table Ronde, 1945. One of 150 copies (No. 110) with a numbered etching by Henry de Waroquier and a numbered copper engraving by Joseph Hecht. Original covers, slipcase and case. ‎Texts by Racine, André Suarès, Jules Romains, Daniel Halévy, Marcel Aymé, Ph. Hériat, La Tour du Pin, Pierre Boutang, Illustrated by Jacques Villon, Francis Grüber, André Marchand, Brassaï & Léon Gischia. Wear along slipcase’s spine, excellent condition inside.

“La Table ronde premier cahier“, Editions de la Table Ronde, 1946. One of 150 copies (No. 110) with a numbered and signed lithograph by Marie Laurencin and a numbered copper engraving by Jacques Villon. Texts by Chateaubriand, Claudel, Mauriac, Jammes, Colette, Gogol, Gide, Alain, Stephen Spender, J. & J. Tharaud, Renaud Kast, illustrated by Bourdelle, Christian Bérard, Henri Matisse, Pierre Bonnard, Luc-Albert Moreau & Albert Marquet. Original covers & slipcase. Wear along slipcase’s spine, excellent condition inside.

“La Table ronde deuxième cahier“, Editions de la Table Ronde, 1946. One of 150 copies (No. 110) with two numbered copper-engravings of Robert Cami and Jean-Paul . Texts of Jules Supervielle, Julien Green, A. Biely, R. Caillois, W. Faulkner, A. Huxley, M. Stuart, D. Rops, Hugo Von Hofmannstahl, Franz Liszt, G. Marcel illustrated by Louise Hervieu, Marc Chagall, Rene Jean Clot, Jacques Thevenet, Milleret. Original covers, slipcase and case.