VALÉRY, Paul
Propos sur l'Intelligence
Paris: A l'Enseigne de la Porte Étroite, 1926

First edition (preceding the smaller format issue by almost four months), large format copy. Quarto (22.2 x 16.2 cm). No. 49 of 100 large format copies on crème Van Gelder Zonen (tête d’édition, inclusive of 30 copies “réservés aux amis”), fully signed by Valéry, of the entire edition of 750 numbered copies (the remaining 650 copies 16 x 11 cm on five different papers). Publisher’s original pearled grey wraps (in pristine, apparently original glassine), title printed in black on front cover, uncut and unopened. Collates [2 ll.], 1. l (half-title), 1 l. (title, copyright verso), 1 l. (notice), pp. 5-[59], [1 p.], 1 l. (justification), [2 ll.]. Fine. Karaïskakis-Chapon 77 (noting the achevé d’imprimer as 25 mars 1926 for this format and 13 juillet 1926 for the smaller format).

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