Elgar, Résurrection de l'oiseau, illustrated by Braque, Paris, 1959, original pictorial wrappers, slipcase

ELGAR, FRANK [I.E. ROGER LESBATS]

Résurrection de l'oiseau [illustrated by Georges Braque]. Paris: Maeght, 1958

4to (380 x 280mm.), copy number 58 from a limited edition of 225 copies, one of 200 copies on vélin de Rives signed by both the artist and the author beneath the limitation, coloured lithographs and text vignettes by Braque, loose as issued within pictorial wrappers by Braque, card folder and pictorial slipcase, slipcase slightly rubbed

A fine copy of this tribute to Georges Braque, written by the art historian Roger Lesbats under a pseudonym.

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