Travers�e de Paris. Par Marcel Aym�, avec des gravures de Jean Oberl�. [Crossing Paris, in French]

���DITION�ORIGINALE, et la seule s�par�e; EXEMPLAIRE NOMINATIF pour B�atrice Leval, qui �tait une cliente importante de l��diteur en 1939 et 1944�46; avec la carte grav�e de son directeur Raymond Nasenta, qui ��prie Madame Fernand Leval de bien vouloir accepter cet exemplaire de �La Travers�e de Paris� imprim� sp�cialement � votre intention, en hommages respectueux de l��diteur��.�� ��FIRST�EDITION, and still the only separate edition; completed on Bastille Day 1946. This is an unnumbered exemplaire nominatif printed specially for Beatrice Leval of New York, who was buying some fairly serious pictures at the time � notably Vuillard La table, la fin du d�jeuner chez Madame Vuillard ca 1895, which brought $2.48 million at auction last year.�� |||�Series: Le vin de Paris,�2.� Collation: In�4s (330�� 255�mm irregular): Fifty-two leaves, paginated [1�6] 7�98 [99�104], including the last leaf (pages [103�104]) blank and genuine. Title printed in red and black, Charpentier�s device on title printed in red, one five-line initial also in red.� Illustration: THIRTEEN FULL-PAGE ETCHINGS (versos blank) and one half-page etching, by Jean Oberl� (1900�1961).� Binding: Quires laid in printed wrappers, as issued. Gray chemise lettered in white, gray slipcase.� Condition: Fine, the chemise and slipcase partly sunned and slightly rubbed.� References: Monod (1992) 693; Darreau (2000) [56].� Provenance: Beatrice Reiter Leval (1911�2004), of New York, picture-collector (Christie�s 2005, $10.6 million).�� |||�For further details please contact Jay Dillon� Rare Books + Manuscripts, as below.� Pour plus de pr�cisions, veuillez contacter Jay Dillon� Rare Books + Manuscripts, comme ci-dessous.