LAMBERT Jean-Clarence - Giovanni LEOPARDI - [ ] Gianni BERTINI - Mario MORONTI - Mario ROCCA ( illustrators ) :
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" S.l. published by Jean-Clarence Lambert, 1988, (40) nn pp (20 double leaves, loose as issued), kept in green coloured paper portfolio with the title printed on the front. Contains the text of the poem by Leopardi (in Italian) and the French translation by J.C.Lambert. Contains also 6 original coloured lithographs, all signed and numbered in pencil by the artists. (2 x Bertini; 2 x Moronti ; 2 x Rocca). The colophon, also signed by the three artists ans J.C. Lambert states that this publication was printed in an edition of 36 copies. This is number 32. The map is in mint condition. Successful combination of a poem by the famous 19th c. Italian poet Leopardi, in two languages, illustrated with 6 lithographs by leading Italian abstract artists . The publisher Lambert played an important role in 20th c. European art. He was involved with the creation of the art periodicals ''Le Musée de Poche'' and ''Opus International''; he was also at one time close with the surrealist mouvement of André Breton and later with Cobra ."