Ernst, M., Écritures. Avec cent vingt illustrations extraites de l'oeuvre de l'auteur. With 1 signed orig. etching in colors by M. Ernst and numerous illustrations. (Paris), Le point cardinal (1970). Orig. wrapper with lithographed jacket, in half calf book case. 8vo.

Spies/Leppien 134 I-IID. - Brusberg/Völker 148 BP and 148 2. - First edition. - 1 of 100 numb. copies of the de-luxe edition with the signed print on white Chine. - "You have always been good at keeping distance between yourself and the things, and this distance is thinking. The share of reflection is decisive for everything that you have done .. " (translation of quote from E. Cioran, in a letter to Max Ernst after his Ecritures had been released; quoted after Brusberg/Völker). - Fine and clean copy of the rare de-luxe edition.