[LURÇAT] - LA FONTAINE (Jean de). Twenty fables. Lausanne, A. Gonin, 1950. In-4° in ff., filled cover, in publisher's folder and slipcase. Decorated with 20 original out-of-text compositions and 8 ornaments and culs-de-lampe by Jean Lurçat. Limited edition of 275 numbered copies on tinted Rives paper, signed by the publisher and by the artist in red pencil. Very good condition despite minor wear to the slipcase and the jacket Very good condition Minor soiling to the slipcase Spine of the jacket in vellum unstained

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