Vingt
poèmes de Gongora.
Paris: Les Grands
Peintres Modernes
et le Livres,
1948. 41 eaux-fortes
don't 20 hors
text par Pablo
Picasso. One
of 235 copies
from a total
issue of 275.
Bound by Madelaine
Gras in full
black morocco
with blood red
morocco inlays
outlined with
gilt fillets.
Binding signed
on lower front
turnin: Gras.
Red suede doublures,
all edges gilt,
original wrappers
bound in. Illustrated
with 41 original
etchings and
drypoints with
elaborate etched
and engraved
frames around
each etching
by Picasso.
The poems are
translated from
Spanish to French
by Z. Milner,
with the Spanish
text handwritten
by Picasso and
the French translation
printed by Fequet
et Baudier.
This work is
a masterpiece
of book design,
printing and
binding.
