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[Paris]: Aux Dépens d'un Amateur, 1967. Small folio (38 x 29cm). Loose sheets laid into folding cloth portfolio. Fine, with minor wear to tips of portfolio. First edition. A collection of twelve poems by Verdet, accompanied by seven original etchings with aquatint (six in color) by Papart. One of one hundred numbered copies on Grand Vélin de Rives, from a total edition of 113 numbered copies and fifteen hors commerce copies, all signed by the author and artist. Although not called for in the justification, this copy is accompanied by an extra folio, enclosing an original watercolor and paper collage (24.5 x 16.5 cm), signed by Papart, two planches refusée, each captioned and signed by Papart, and a broadside printing of a considerably longer version of the poem, "Pour une belle aprés Mort." (Inventory #: WRCLIT57627)