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Bille,E. Une danse macabre. (Preface by William Ritter). Lausanne, Editions Spes (1919). Gr.fol. With 20 original color woodcuts by Edmond Bille. 2 pp. Loose leaf in color illustrated opp. folder. (Partly with small lesions, somewhat stained). No. 170 of a small edition of the portfolio edition, also published as book edition. - Reichelt-Schulzjacobi 206. Vollmer 213. coll. Oppermann 1221: "A work of great urgency, inspired by the World War. Edmond Bille (b. 1878) lives in Chandolin (Valais); one of the best Swiss painters and draughtsmen of today. His pictures from the Valais and his woodcuts testify to a great power of representation". - Slightly browned.
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