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147 pages. 29 x 23 cm. Limited edition, copy 431 of 580 on sur vellin Montgolfier d'Annonay and printed to celebrate the eighth anniversary of the death of the poet and author by the master printer (maitre Imprimeur) R. Coulouma. Text in French. 36 original lithographs by Raoul Dufy (incl. 18 plates, with tissue guards). The text presents the original short stories of Apollinaire. THE ARTIST AND THE BOOK 92, "The woodcut on the cover is adapted from Dufy's woodcut "Le Cheval" in the 1911 Apollinaire "Bestiaire." MONOD 367. Orig. publisher's gray wrapper decorated and lettered in gilt in the original glassine. Fine in very good illustrated portfolio with black cloth ties.

Le Poète Assassiné (The Assassinated Poet) is a collection of prose and poetry by Guillaume Apollinaire. Released in 1916, the work reflects the writer's experiences during World War I, his love affairs, and his intrigue with the burgeoning surrealist movement.