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Les Plaideurs
19321449Paris: Les Bibliophiles du Palais 1932. Limited Edition. Fine/Very good. Jean Bruller 1902 - 1991. 8vo 10 1/4 x 7 1/8 inches 260 x 180 mm; 10 128 18 pp. printed in black and red on Rives wove paper; 4 original etchings by Jean Bruller printed in brown-black ink tissue guards and numerous typographical embellishments dropcaps and tailpieces by Louis Jou. Signatures loosely stitched together; paper cover with title in black ink on cover and spine original glassine overcover intact. Chemise and slipcase in marbled paper grey-blue spine label with gilt titling; chemise partially split at joints and spine sunned slipcase with corners lightly bumped.; interiors clean back pages unopened. <br /> Copy VIII specially printed for Monsieur Agostino Soldati as stated on the individual limitation page out of an edition of 200 numbered I-XL and 1-160.<br /> <br /> Carteret IV 330; BNF32552458. An elegant edtion of Racine's only comedy The Plaideurs was inspired by Aristophanes' The Wasp and first performed in 1668. This special limited edition was commissioned by the Bibliophiles du Palais a society made up of members of the Council of State senior magistrates lawyers solicitors notariesand forensic doctors. It was established in 1924 and was made of a leadership committee and a technical commission. Among them bibliophile and art critic Paul Istel was a leading figure. They chose from a diverse array of authors from Aristophnes to Colette from Montesquieu to Verlaine and published books in editions of 200 copies. Carteret L. Le trésor du bibliophile romantique et moderne 1801-1875; Vol. 2 pp. 229-230.<br /> <br /> The French writer illustrator and publisher Jean Marcel Adolphe Bruller 26 February 1902 - 10 June 1991 was charged with producing four etchings for this work. Bruller wrote under the pseudonym Vercors in reference to his participation in the Resistance during the World War II occupation of northern France and in particular to the Battle of Vercors where many partisans and civilians were killed by a German contingent of 10000 men. Les Bibliophiles du Palais unknown
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