VALÉRY (Paul). Set of 7 bound volumes. - Lot 25

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VALÉRY (Paul). Set of 7 bound volumes. - Lot 25
VALÉRY (Paul). Set of 7 bound volumes. Analecta ex mss. Pauli Ambrosii Valerii ad usum amicorum ejus qui a septemtrione habitant. Primus expressit ediditque Alexander Stols Traiecti ad Mosam Hagæ Comitis m.cm.xxvi [Maestricht and LaHaye, Alexander Stols, 1926]. In-4, blue morocco, smooth spine, geometric mosaic decoration with gilt and cold-stamped fillets decorating the boards, interior framed in the same filleted leather, spine and flap folder in the same leather, lined slipcase (André Ballet - H.Berthaux-dor.). Partly original edition, one of 400 numbered copies on Hollande laid paper (the only one on large paper after 3 on japon), this one in the name of Dr. Jacques Millot. A very fine copy of this collection of often aphoristic notes in French. Provenance: Jacques Millot (paper lining embossed with his monogram) - Discourses prononcés dans la séance publique tenue par l'Académie française pour la réception de M.Paul Valéry le jeudi 23juin 1927. Paris, Académie française (typographie de Firmin-Didot etCie), 1927. Large in-4, green half-maroquin with corners, gilt head, covers and spine preserved; leather faded (Lagadec rel.). First edition. Includes Paul Valéry's speech (in praise of his predecessor Anatole France), and Gabriel Hanotaux's reply. Portrait-frontispiece by Anatole France. Autograph signed letter from Paul Valéry "to Louis Barthou, these subversive remarks. His colleague and friend..." Provenance: Pierre Guerquin (leather bookplate) - "Idée fixe" (L') ou Deux hommes à la mer. Paris, published by Laboratoires Martinet, 1932. In-16, gray-brown half-maroquin with corners, gilt head, covers and spine preserved (Devauchelle). First edition, one of 300 numbered copies, this one in the name of Dr. Edward Hartmann - Narcisse. Maestricht, "un amateur anversois" (Alexander Stols, printer of the present volume), 1926. In-4, midnight blue morocco, threaded brown morocco lining, gilt edges, black chagrin spine folder, lined slipcase (Noulhac). First edition of the Narcisse sketches, printed in only 38 copies (signed by the author and printer), this one of 35 numbered on Hollande laid paper, nominative for Paul Voûte. Enriched with two items: a signed autograph poetic manuscript (9 verses extracted from fragmentII of Narcisse printed on pp.21-22 of the present volume) and a photographic portrait of Paul Valéry. Provenance: Paul Voûte (vignette ex-libris) - Passage de Verlaine. Bagnères-de-Bigorre, hommage d'un ami inconnu [R.J.G.Grenier], 1925. In-16, paperback; volume housed in a garnet-red chagrin spine folder, lined slipcase (P.-L.Martin). First edition printed in only 11 copies on japon nacré, this one justified by Grenier, nominative for Dr. H.Bénézech. Portrait-frontispiece by Tigrane Polat - Retour de Hollande (Le), Descartes Rembrandt. Maestricht, published by A.A.M.Stols, 1926. In-4, garnet half-chagrin with corners, gilt head, covers and spine preserved. First edition, one of 30 numbered copies on Pannekoek tinted laid paper, with continuation on same paper. Portrait-frontispiece by JanFrankenPzn.- Rhumbs (Notes et autres). Paris, Le Divan, 1926. In-16, garnet-red morocco, ribbed spine, gilded fillets framing the spine boxes and boards, gilded edges, covers and spine preserved, lined slipcase (Devauchelle). First edition of this collection, largely original, one of 20 numbered first copies on japon impérial.
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