Les Horribles et espouvantables faictz et prouesses du très renommé Pantagruel Roy des Dipsodes fils de grand géant Gargantua. Derain's main illustrated work, with 128 (21 full-page) original color woodcuts
Price: $10,000.00
Publisher: Paris, France, Albert Skira : 1943
Seller ID: B-23-040005
Binding: Loose as issued in wrappers chemise and slipcase
Condition: Very Good. Light foxing at the margin, chemise in poor condition.
François Rabelais, illustrated with colored woodcuts drawn and engraved by André Derain Limited numbered edition of 275 copies, of which this copy is on of 200 in Velin d'Arches, signed by the artist on the justification page. Derain's main illustrated work, with 128 (21 full-page) original color woodcuts, 34 color woodcut initials and 18 color woodcut final vignettes. André Derain took full charge of the printing process from the carving of the wood blocks, in the manner of 15th-century cardmakers, to the coloring to which he added special attention to preserve the warm tone of his woodblocks...
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