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"A Tribute To Precious Stones" VILLEFOSSE, Heron de
$450
w/ an original lithograph by Andre Derain
1947
[45] pp.
11.5" x 9.75"
w/ Cartier [14] pp. booklet laid-in
6.5" x 5.25"
Cartier, [ Paris], 1947. Quarto. Loose gatherings laid into limp printed wrappers. Cloth slipcase. First edition of this translation by Barbara Watkins. Illustrated with an original color lithograph by Andre Derain as a frontis. One of 1472 numbered copies on Marais, from a total edition of 1500 copies published on the Centennial of Cartier.