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Details: Includes 10 lithographs signed by the author. Printed in Imperial Japan in 1944.Extremely Rare Limited-Edition French Printed Play. Marked NOT for commercial sale.Un Incompris by Henri de MontherlantIllustrated with Lithographs by Jacques ThévenetNRF / Paris / 1944Overview:This is not a regular trade book. It is a limited-edition French printed play published in Paris in 1944 byNRF ? Nouvelle Revue Française, an important literary imprint associated with Gallimard.The work is titled Un Incompris, which translates to ?A Misunderstood Man? or ?Someone Misunderstood.?It is a one-act comedy written by the celebrated French author and playwright Henri de Montherlant, withoriginal lithographs by the French artist Jacques Thévenet.The work was published in Paris by NRF, the Nouvelle Revue Française, 1944.Limitation Page: ?Justification du tirage?The second page is titled ?Justification du tirage.This means the statement of the print run or limitation page. It explains how many copies were printed,how they were numbered, what paper was used, and which copies were special.Special Limited Copies:The limitation page states that there were:30 numbered copies, numbered 1 to 30.These were printed on Japon paper from the Imperial Manufacture.In addition, there were 6 hors commerce copies, numbered I to VI.These special copies included a double suite of lithographs:One set printed on Japon paper.One set printed on vélin paper.These lithograph suites were justified and signed by the artist.Regular Numbered CopiesThe limitation page also states that there were:700 regular numbered copies, numbered 31 to 730.These were printed on white Montgolfier mould-made vélin paper.In addition, there were 35 hors commerce copies, numbered VII to XLI.Your CopyCopy is marked: EXEMPLAIRE VIThis means:It is copy number VI, or Roman numeral 6.These six copies were likely among the most limited and desirable examples of this edition.This special group was originally associated with Japon paper and a double suite of lithographs.Meaning of ?Hors Commerce?Hors commerce means ?not for commercial sale.?These copies were usually reserved for:The author.The artist.The publisher.2. Close friends or associates.Presentation or archive purposes.Because they were not part of the ordinary commercial print run, hors commerce copies are oftenconsidered more desirable by collectors.Importance and RarityThis copy is important because:It is a 1944 NRF / Gallimard-related limited edition.It features the literary work of Henri de Montherlant.It includes lithographs by Jacques Thévenet.It is marked EXEMPLAIRE VI, placing it within the extremely limited I?VI hors commerce group.It appears to be one of only six special non-commercial copies.Such copies were generally reserved for special distribution rather than public sale.This makes the item substantially rarer than an ordinary numbered copy from the regular 700-copy edition.Suggested Collector Listing DescriptionExtremely rare 1944 limited-edition French printed play: Un Incompris by Henri de Montherlant, publishedin Paris by NRF / Nouvelle Revue Française and illustrated with lithographs by Jacques Thévenet.The title translates as ?A Misunderstood Man? or ?Someone Misunderstood.? The work is described onthe title page as a one-act comedy.The limitation page, titled ?Justification du tirage,? explains that only a small number of special copieswere produced. This copy is marked EXEMPLAIRE VI, indicating Roman numeral 6. Because VI falls withinthe special hors commerce I?VI group, this appears to be one of only six special non-commercial copies,originally reserved for special distribution and likely associated with Japon paper and a double suite oflithographs.A highly collectible and scarce French literary item from the NRF / Gallimard tradition, desirable to collectorsof French literature, illustrated books, limited editions, and works by Henri de Montherlant.
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