LUIGGI (Philippe). - Lot 196

LUIGGI (Philippe). Prise d’armes. Paris, Librairie Denise Weil, [circa 1993–1994]. Large quarto, paperback, illustrated cover. A bookstore catalog devoted to illustrated books, periodicals, artists’ books, literary and artistic avant-garde movements, Surrealist, Dadaist, and Futurist publications, and major 20th-century periodicals. Edited by Philippe Luiggi (Librairie Denise Weil), it brings together a significant selection of rare works described in detail, accompanied by comprehensive bibliographic entries, illustrations, and the retail prices in effect at the time of publication. Among the items featured are, notably, collections from *L’Âge du Cinéma*, *L’Assiette au Beurre*, *L’Arche*, *L’Archibras*, and numerous other major journals of the European avant-garde, making this catalog a true reference work for bibliophiles and specialists in modern illustrated books. More than just a commercial catalog, this volume now serves as a valuable record of the market for rare books and avant-garde periodicals in the early 1990s, as well as a frequently consulted bibliographic resource. Condition: very good copy.