L’ecclesiaste
Paris: Michel de Romilly, 1950. Roger Vieillard.
Near Fine in lightly shelfworn and discolored slipcase. Vellum spine with paper label showing discoloration. Numbered 42—one of 32 examples printed on Montval of a total limitation of 214. Twelve engraved plates with tissue guards, one frontispiece, and one to the title page. With an additional signed etching. One tissue absent. Typography by Fequet and Baudier. 69 pages, 9 unbound gatherings in paper folder. 12” x 15.75”.
A handsome collection of Roger Vieillard’s (1907–1989) engravings, illustrating a French translation of the book of Ecclesiastes, which begins:
“Meaningless! Meaningless!”
says the Teacher.
“Utterly meaningless!
Everything is meaningless.”
Price: $985.00