Sotheby's France SA (Paris)

(28 cm), 300 pp., illustrations (most in colour, some folding). 100 lots. Publisher’s pictorial boards. - An exceptional group of books, including a copy of Proust’s “Du Côté de Chez Swann” on papier Japon (from the Charles Hayoit sale, Sotheby’s Paris, 29 November 2001), and the famous copy of “Les Fleurs du Mal” dedicated by Baudelaire to Eugène Delacroix (from the Jaime Ortiz-Patiño sale, Sotheby’s London, 2 December 1998). Pierre Leroy’s collection of books and manuscripts by Surrealist and post-War authors was sold by Sotheby’s on 26 June 2002. ¶ Unmarked copy.