COLLECTIF. Once upon a time... The Belgians.
Large format portfolio (66x50 cm), …

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COLLECTIF.

Once upon a time... the Belgians. Large format portfolio (66x50 cm), with a cover by Hergé and limited to 150 copies with the lithographed plates of 33 authors in original format and in black and white, each plate being numbered and signed. Printed on September 15th 1980 on the presses of the Hecht workshops in Brussels. Copy bearing the number 99. Superb collective work which gathers the greatest signatures of the Belgian comics of the time: Franquin, Peyo, Will, Roba, Morris, De Moor, Jidéhem, Wandersteen, Lambil, Macherot, Walthéry, Marc Sleen, Mittéï, Deliège, Dany, Franz, Jannin... All in near new condition.

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