Rachid KORAÏCHI (Algérie, né 1947) Lot n° 17

Stèles des 7 dormants. Engravings by Rachid Koraïchi. [Arabic translation by Moussa Boukris; calligraphy by Abdallah Akar] Paris, Rachid Koraïchi, 2003. 7 volumes in sheets, in slipcases and publisher's common slipcase. Set of seven texts by Nancy HUSTON, Alberto MANGUEL, Michel BUTOR, Leïla SEBBAR, John BERGER, Helene CIXOUS and Sylvie GERMAIN, published in tribute to the seven monks from the Tibhirine monastery murdered on May 21, 1996 by an Islamist group, accompanied by an explanatory booklet and adorned with engravings by Algerian painter and engraver Rachid Koraïchi (b. 1927). Original edition illustrated with 14 engravings per volume, 87 numbered copies + 10 artist's copies and 3 copies hors commerce on BFK Rivés vellum, all signed by the artist (numbered 18/100). First edition illustrated with 14 engravings per volume, printed in an edition of 87 numbered copies + 10 artist's copies and 3 copies hors commerce on BFK Rivés vellum, all signed by the artist (numbered 18/100).