Thesee

Paris: Gallimard, 1947. First edition thus. Hardcover. Orig. printed stiff wrappers with original glassine. Fine in near fine chemise in moderately worn slipcase. Andreu, Mariano. 127 pages. Folio, 38 x 29 cm. Limited edition, copy 396 of 329 sur velin de Lana. 28 original black and white lithographs by Mariano Andreu, a Spanish lithographer, painted and stage designer who produced approximately 30 "Livres de Luxe." His stage designs -- sets and costumes -- included work for Shakespeare (London productions), ballet and 20th Century Fox. "Thesee," originally an early French opera with music by Jean-Baptiste Lully. Text in French. MONOD 5367. Clean, bright copy.