MARC CHAGALL - DRAWINGS FOR THE BIBLE. With 24 ORIGINAL FULL-PAGE COLOR LITHOGRAPHS and 96 B&W HELIOGRAVURE PLATES. Text by Gaston Bachelard. (Translated into English by Stuart Gilbert.)

NEW YORK: Harcourt Brace and Company, 1960. First American edition. The 24 original color lithographs were printed by Mourlot Freres and the 96 b&w heliogravure plates by Draeger Freres. This book was produced as Verve 37/38 (double issue - Summer 1960).

Hardcover Book in an Original LIthograph Dustjacket, 10.5x14 inches (27x36 cm). there are seven Introductory leaves, 24 original color lithographs, 96 b&w heliogravure reproductions, and some text pages at the rear that list the 24 lithographs and describe the 96 b&w heliographs.

Condition: VERY GOOD book, the covers have a few small spots and slight pushing to a couple corners but are solid, bright and clear; internally, the pages have light toning to the margins (as on every copy I have seen), lovely overall tight, bright, clean, clear and unmarked. The LITHOGRAPHS are GORGEOUS. In a GOOD original lithograph dustjacket that was professionally / archivally restored; the jacket is missing a large piece from the top front area of the rear panel, a piece at the bottom of the spine, and a few other small pieces, all of which have now been integrally reinforced; there are some scrapes to the folds, and some repaired and reinforced tears; overall the jacket is solid and bright.

A lovely copy of the book with all its incredibly beautiful lithographs by Marc Chagall, in its original (and archivally restored) dustjacket.

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