Jean de la Fontaine, Fables, Tériade, Paris, 1952 (Cramer books 22)

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Marc Chagall
Jean de la Fontaine, Fables, Tériade, Paris, 1952 (Cramer books 22)
the complete book comprising one hundred etchings, 1952, on Rives, dedicated and including several drawings in coloured pastel and ink, with title, text, justification and list of fables, in two volumes, signed on the title page of Vol. II and on the justification page, copy number 150 from the total edition of two hundred, the full sheets as published, each with a deckle edge at right, some minor soiling in the margins, in very good condition, bound in contemporary green crushed morocco, spines titled in gilt, top edges gilt, black suede endleaves, spines and outer edges of boards somewhat discoloured, extremities very lightly rubbed, in very good condition (book)
395 x 310 mm. (overall)

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