Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)
Max Jacob (1876-1944)
Le Siège de Jérusalem. Grande tentation céleste de Saint Matorel
Paris: Henri Kahnweiler, [1914]
Octavo (22.5 × 15.5 cm), printed cover.
Original edition.
Illustration: 3 off-text cubist etchings by Pablo Picasso.
From an edition of 106 copies. One of 85 copies on Hollande van Gelder paper, signed by the author and the artist (n°57).
Third installment of the adventures of Max Jacob's Saint Matorel. Published in January 1914, the book was printed by Paul Birault.
With an autograph signed: "à mon cher Pierre Colle / auteur de ma richesse (?)
/ et aussi mon ami, et mon fils / Max Jacob". ("to my dear Pierre Colle / author of my wealth (?)
/ and also my friend, and my son / Max Jacob".)
Second autograph signed : à Georges Salles / ce livre si peu digne de son / goût très exquis, de son jugement / délicat / avec
ma déférente amitié / Max Jacob" ("to Georges Salles / this book so unworthy of his / very exquisite taste, his judgment / delicate / with my deferential friendship / Max Jacob") and illuminated with 6 original ink drawings by Max Jacob in-text.
Provenance: Pierre Colle ; Georges Salles (mailing).
Bibliography: P. Cramer, Pablo Picasso. Les livres illustrés, n°3.
