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Lot n° 64

MONTHERLANT (Henry de).

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La Rédemption par les bêtes. Paris, aux dépens d'un amateur, 1959. 2 volumes, in-4, in leaves, in slipcase. First edition illustrated with 22 black lithographs by Pierre Bonnard. Copy enriched with three complete suites of 39 lithographs by Pierre Bonnard: in black on japon nacré, in pink on vélin de Rives and in green on vélin de Rives. The lithographs, begun in 1929 by Pierre Bonnard, were finished by Fernand Mourlot. Edition at 280 copies on Rives vellum, this one of the 20 copies reserved for collaborators, printed especially for Mr. Claude Roger-Marx (not included in the catalogue).