Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)
Fernando De Rojas (1465-1541)
La Célestine
Paris: Éditions de l'Atelier Crommelynck, 1971
Octavo (21.2 × 16.5 cm), bound as issued, within the original parchment covered boards with the title on the cover, with paper and parchment dust jacket, with title on the spine, all within the original parchment slipcase
Publisher's binding by Bernard Duval
One of the founding texts of Hispanic literature translated by Pierre Heugas.
Illustration: 66 out-of-text etchings and aquatints by Pablo Picasso.
From an edition at 400 copies. One of 350 numbered copies on Richard de Bas watermarked paper " La Célestine ", signed by the artist (n°51).
Composed during 1968, this suite of partly erotic illustrations is part of the " 347 " series, in which the artist produced new engravings daily. Because Pablo Picasso did not want the text to be printed on the reverse side of his etchings, a particular layout was adopted in which double uncut leaves alternate with single leaves.
Bibliography: P. Cramer. Picasso. Illustrated Books, no. 149.
