Lot no. 134
CORTI (Joseph Corticchiato, known as José). Reliques païennes. Paris, Picart, [1920]. Large 87 pp. in-8, black half-chagrin, gilt head, untrimmed, cover (contemporary binding). Rare first edition. Autograph signed letter from José Corti to Armando Gallo. A precious copy by the author, enriched with an unpublished autograph poem (p. 39), an erotic drawing and three drawings of nude women, dated February and March 1926 (pp. 34, 35, 39 and 49). The copy is also decorated with 34 drawings in pen, graphite or coloured pencil, whose authorship cannot be determined with certainty. Attached are 4 pp. comprising four handwritten poems dated Mayenne 2/12/17. From the José Corti and Armando Gallo libraries, with bookplates. Spine slightly faded with minor rubbing.
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