Octavio PAZ. Lot n° 238

Homage and Desecration. Translation by Carmen Figueroa. Three etchings by Enrique Zañartu. Paris, (Imprimerie Union pour) Jean Hugues, 1963. In-8 : flesh-coloured box, smooth spine decorated with two mosaic pieces of morocco and shagreen, large geometrical mosaic decoration on the boards of strips of morocco, shagreen and box of seven different colours, brown suede lining and endpapers, entirely untrimmed, cover and spine preserved, folder, case (Leroux, 1980). First edition of the French translation by Carmen Figueroa. It is illustrated with three original etchings outside the text by Enrique Zañartu. Limited edition of 300 copies on Rives vellum signed by the publisher and the illustrator. One of the first 25 copies (nº 1), enriched with a suite of the three coloured etchings, each one signed and justified by Zañartu. Very beautiful mosaic binding by Georges Leroux