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"A Tribute To Precious Stones" 1947 VILLEFOSSE, Heron de

VILLEFOSSE, Heron de

w/ an original lithograph by Andre Derain

[45] pp.

Cartier

1947

11 1/2" x 9 3/4"

w/ Cartier [14] pp. booklet laid-in
6 1/2" x 5 1/4"

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.

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