[Meeting of two illustrated works]. HARTUNG (Hans) / TARDIEU (Jean). Un monde ignoré vu par Hans Hartung, poems and legends by Jean Tardieu. Editions d'Art Albert Skira, Geneva, 1974; in4 (square 36x36 cm), softbound and filled cover, printed and illustrated. 39 black photographs pasted on. One of 924 numbered copies. First edition. LEGRAND (Eddy). Apocalypse according to Saint John, composed and drawn by Eddy Legrand, translated from the Vulgate and the Greek text by Henri Bosco. Casablanca, editions of the Gallery Derche, 1942. Large in-folio (51x35 cm) in sheets, unpaginated. Illustrated with 27 hors texte. Edition at 562 copies, one of the 500 copies numbered and signed by Eddy Legrand and Henri Bosco. Cover printed in red and black, folder, case (a little rubbed).

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