*MARGERIE (Antoine de). Like the impatient watchman of the dawn... S.l. S.l.: [printing house E. Ruckstuhl in Lausanne, 1987]. - Large folio, grey cloth publisher's boards, title printed on the first cover, untrimmed, slipcase. Very rare edition of this collection of twenty original full-page intaglio engravings by the painter Antoine de MARGERIE (1941-2005), each illustrating an ancient or modern text chosen by Jacques Bemberg. Strictly limited edition of 50 copies on Johannot wove paper, numbered and signed by the artist at the justification. A very well preserved copy. ATTENTION: this lot is subject to an additional 5,5 % tax for temporary importation.

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