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Portfolio. Condition: Very Good. Marcel Vertes (illustrator). 1st Edition. Horizontal folio. Ff. [36]. A portfolio containing 30 two-color cartoon lithographs and one three color illustrated title page, all by Marcel Vertes, and measuring 20 by 13.5 inches (51 by 35 cm.). In addition, there is a Preface by Roger Peyrefitte, and a list of captions to the cartoons in English. (The French captions are written on the lithographs by Vertes). Limited to 331 copies, of which 278 copies are numbered from 24 to 301, of which this is number 221. INSCRIBED BY VERTES ON THE HALF-TITLE, WITH A DRAWING OF A DOVE WITH AN OLIVE LEAF IN ITS BILL. Internally fine. The portfolio, of cloth-backed boards, is soiled and worn, and torn in places on the hinges, but has protected the lithographs perfectly. Vertes won Academy Awards for his costumes and design for the 1952 film Moulin Rouge. Inscribed by Illustrator(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. First Edition. (Paris Editions Leda. First edition oblong folio. Portfolio of 30 color plates, plus a color illustrated title page. Limited to 278 numbered copies, this copy#151. Inscribed by Vertes on the title page on which he has drawn a nude. Enclosed in cloth folding portfolio showing wear at the corners and tied with three ribbons. Contents very good. Signed by Author(s).