MAGRITTE, René Lot n° 74

MARIËN, Marcel L'oiseau qui n'a qu'une aile. Antwerp Ça ira 1941 Pet. in-8°. Br. cover ill. (part detached, small tear in upper cover). Uncut. First edition. Illustrated with 7 reproductions in b/w, including 6 works by Magritte, on the cover, in the frontispiece and outside the text. Edition of 208 copies, one of 200 on featherweight (n. 8). Autogr. signed letter to Bussy [L'oiseau qui n'a qu'une aile] "de marbre, l'autre étant de feu, se pose sur cette table sans pieds ni cap", dated 26/5/1980. Ref. missing in Schwilden. Prov. Christian Bussy (1936-2019), Belgian journalist, essayist and literary critic, a great specialist in surrealism. Joint: Id; Colinet, Paul - L'histoire des deux lampes. Drawings by Paul Colinet. (Brussels), Les Lèvres nues, (1990). In-8°. Br. with ornamented orange cover. First edition of this cross correspondence between Mariën and Colinet. Ex. on edition paper, the numbered edition having been limited to 15 copies (2 vols.)