Le Feu maniaque. Note by André Breton. Preface and afterword by Paul Eluard.
Cover and illustrations by the author. Paris, at the expense of Robert J. Godet, 1944.
In-12: paperback, illustrated cover in colour, filled.
First edition.
Limited edition of 150 copies; one of 125 on pur fil du Marais (no. 4).
The etching announced in the justification is missing.
Attached are 18 original ink drawings by Gisèle Prassinos, eight of which have been reproduced in the book.
In the author's hand, this note on a batch of eight of them: "8 drawings for Le Feu maniaque (to be inserted among the 10 drawings previously collected) see titles and nos. on the back of the drawings."
Also enclosed is an envelope addressed to Gisèle Prassinos containing two original drawings for the cover and a tracing for the colors. Sent by Henri Parisot.
The whole is gathered in an ingenious modern box.
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