PÉGUY (Charles). Ève. Paris, Cahiers de la Quinzaine, 1913, - Lot 611

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PÉGUY (Charles). Ève. Paris, Cahiers de la Quinzaine, 1913, - Lot 611
PÉGUY (Charles). Ève. Paris, Cahiers de la Quinzaine, 1913, large 12mo, Jansenist ultramarine blue morocco, ribbed spine, gold fillet on the edges, cream morocco lining, gold roulette framing, edges gilt on sample, cover and spine preserved, half-morocco slipcase in midnight blue with stripes, slipcase (Huser). First edition. 1/30 copies on Whatman, the only large-format paper. Published in *Les Cahiers de la Quinzaine*, this Christian-inspired poem of 7,000 alexandrines was the journal’s final publication, on December 23, 1913. Péguy died on September 15, 1914, at the Battle of the Marne. Ex-libris J H. One copy appeared in the P. Bergé sale (Sotheby’s 2015) with a sun-faded spine and in the Alde sale (October 2024), lot no. 337, both in bindings by Huser. Provenance: Librairie Lardanchet, 1978. A very fine copy.
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