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Paperbound book with photographically embossed cover, hand-sewn with silk in Japanese style; Original typography in letterpress in green with black; twenty photolithographs of paper collages (some in colors)
Edition
HC
Inscriptions
Inscribed in red ink: "À Mary Reynolds
cet object dont le livre
est poétique
très affecteusement
Georges Hugnet"
Dimensions
30 × 21.5 × 1 cm (11 13/16 × 8 1/2 × 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Mary Reynolds Collection, Ryerson & Burnham Libraries
Reference Number
2020.40
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