HÉROLD Jacques. L'Aigle, Mademoiselle... - Lot 69

HÉROLD Jacques. L'Aigle, Mademoiselle... 238 x 160 mm. Original Indian ink drawing on white paper pasted on cream paper, signed and dated 1949. Preparatory drawing for the etching published in the first edition of the book: Marquis de Sade: L'Aigle, Mademoiselle... Autograph letter signed "ma femmeoiselle lit l'aigle" ce que le Marquis de Sade / Gilbert Lely m'a donné / son ami toujours / Jacques Herold / Juin 1949. Enclosed: Marquis de Sade: L'Aigle, Mademoiselle Paris, Georges Artigues, 1949. First edition of letters published for the first time from unpublished autograph manuscripts, with preface and commentary by Gilbert Lély. One of 52 copies on yellow Marais paper, with signed etching by Jacques Hérold.