Twentieth-century French artist’s books from the staggering Koopman Collection:
Le livre blanc by Cocteau, 1930, frontispiece
(The White Book from City Lights)
Albert Flocon, illustration for Perspectives by Paul Eluard
Albert Flocon, cover for Perspectives by Paul Eluard
Alexeieff, illus. for stories by Hoffmann, 1960
La pieuvre by Victor Hugo, illus. André Masson (Buenos Aires, Éditions des Lettres françaises, 1944)
Paludes by Gide, illus. Alexandra Grinevski, 1930
La jeune Parque by Paul Valéry, illus. Jean-Gabriel Daragnès, 1925 cover
La jeune Parque by Paul Valéry, illus. Jean-Gabriel Daragnès, 1925 colophon
Clouk et Chéri by Colette, illus. André Dignimont, 1935 title page
Le peseur d’âmes bu Maurois, illus. Picabia, 1931
La fin du monde, filmée par l’Ange N.-D. by Cendrars, illus. Fernand Leger, 1919
Dolorine et les ombres by Jean de Bosschère, 1911
Les chants de Maldoror, illus. Frans De Geetere, 1927, frontispiece vol.2
Les mains libres by Eluard, illus. by Man Ray, 1937
Dormir, dormir dans les pierres by Benjamin Péret, illus. Yves Tanguy, 1927
Amphitryon 38 by Giraudoux, illus. Mariano Andreu, 1931 title page
Mimes by Marcel Schwob, cover by Jean-Gabriel Daragnès (1886-1950), 1933
Monsieur de Bougrelon by Jean Lorrain, illus. Adrien Étienne Drian, 1927 colophon
Kees van Dongen, lithograph for Les lépreuses by Henry de Montherlant, 1947
Le livre de la vérité de parole by Mardrus, illus. François Louis Schmied, 1929
The post title is a reference to Emerson’s quote “A man’s library is a sort of harem.” (Via book porn.)
