first edition Stiff Wraps
1931 · Paris
by Rouault, Georges (Illustrator)
Paris: NRF [Nouvelle Revue Francaise], 1931. First edition. Stiff Wraps. Orig. cream stiff wrapper lettered in black. Very good in original glassine wrapper, wear at backstrip extremities. Rouault, Georges. 61 pages. 28.5 x 19.5 cm. Limited edition, copy 99 of 180 (from a total edition of 216) on velin d'Arches. Frontispiece, a black and white lithograph is signed by Rouault at lower right. In addition there are eight original etchings, five are full page and in color. All plates with tissue guards. THE ARTIST AND THE BOOK p.181. "Despite frequent descriptions of these color plates as reproductions, they are original etchings, as recorded in the colophon. The single black lithograph and the etching on the title-page demonstrate Rouault's mastery of black as a positive color value." Interior contents crisp and bright.
(Inventory #: 21392)