Description
LYDIS (Mariette). Ten etchings for the Flowers of Evil. Paris, C. Govone, 1928.
In-4 sheets in a filled cover, collection of 10 etchings by the artist, each signed in pencil.
Limited edition of 125 numbered copies, this one no. 6, one of 80 on Hollande containing the final state in color.
Incomplete with 4 etchings, but enriched with 10 plates signed by the artist under covers titled "33 dessins de Mariette Lydis pour illustrer les Fleurs du Mal", a proof of "à une madone" annotated "première version", "third state" enriched with a signed autograph letter from the artist, a plate annotated "second state", a plate annotated "second colorié" and a greetings card from the artist illustrated with an engraving, accompanied by a letter from the artist and signed by the publisher.
(incomplete, traces of wetness on cover).