André Rouveyre. Repli. Illustrated with engravings by Henri Matisse. 1947.

Paris: Éditions du Bélier, 1947. Folio (257 × 168 mm). Loose as issued under a stenciled yellow paper cover, the design derived from a gouache cut by Henri Matisse. The first plate bears the title in large white letters; the second features a white palm motif. Housed in a gray paper-covered chemise with printed spine label and a matching gray paper-covered slipcase, white paper edges. The volume includes twelve original lithographs by Matisse, of varying formats — six in black on white paper and six in black on gray paper — all unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Additional decorative elements include two black-and-white linocut headbands, two linocut tailpieces ("lamps"), and two linocut letters in red and white. Printed in a total edition of 370 copies, each signed by the author and illustrator. This edition is one of 315 copies on velin d'arches (N. 228). The lithographs were printed on Île-de-France and Lana pure rag papers; linocuts and typography by Fequet & Baudier, Paris.
Lithographs printed by Mourlot Frères, Paris.
Stenciled cover by Nervet, Paris. Complete and in very good condition, but some of the pages and prints present with light spots.