RENÉ WILLIAM THOMAS (1910-) 'VENISE ÉTERNELLE' [ETERNAL VENICE] Selected texts, original drypoints by R.W. Thomas. Editions d'Arts Les Heures Claires, 1969 Limited edition.

Extracts from texts about Venice by Marcel Proust, Henri de Régnier, Maurice Barrès, Lord Byron, Chateaubriand, J.M. de Heredia and others. Limited edition of 290 numbered copies. Copy no. 13 on Japon Nacré, with an original drawing of an hors-texte illustration, an original sketch, a suite on satin of the double-page illustrations and a suite on Rives of all the illustrations. In-4, leaves, printed cover, publisher's slipcase. 38 x 29 cm Canvas slipcase 41 x 31 x 8 cm