PARIS DES REVES 75 Photographies d'Izis Bidermanas

An unspecified limited edition, reserved for members of the Guilde Du Livre. With seventy-five full page black and white photographs by Izis Bidermanas, each is provided with a page of text in signed manuscript facsimile from the contributing author. With one laid-in slip translating the first appearance of Henry Miller's first (of three) contributions into French. 4to, bound in stiff paper with integrated printed paper and glassine wrapper. 156, [3] pp. A very nice copy, well preserved for this delicately produced item, the pages are sturdy and fresh, bumped in the upper outside corner, the wrapper attractive with a little wear at the edges and corners, the glassine a bit more worn at the extremities.

Edizione: limited edition, seventy-five stunning photographs of paris, each with a brief texts by noteworthy writers or artists. bidermanas was a lithuanian-born jewish photographer who worked primarily in france and is now best remembered for his rich black and white photographs of the city of light. forty-five people have provided brief captioning texts for these photographs, including three by henry miller, which are the only three printed in english. other contributors jean cocteau, andre breton, paul eluard, claud roy, edith thomas, and andre virel.