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Lot n° 67

SAINT-JOHN PERSE (Alexis LEGER, dit) & BRAQUE...

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The Order of the Birds. Paris, Au Vent d'Arles, 1962. In-folio oblong, bradel, black morocco, purple silk with large glued decoration of avian form adorning the first course, title cold and long on the back, untrimmed case (Jean Duval). FIRST EDITION & FIRST PRINT. A paper glued on the cover and twelve "original etchings" or coloured etchings, nine of them full page, by Georges BRAQUE. Edition of 152 copies on hand paper of the Moulin Richard-de-Bas, this one (n° 65), signed by the authors.